Two new species of the genus Cobitis Linnaeus (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from southern China

Yongxia Chen; Xiaoyun Sui; Na Liang; Yifeng Chen

doi:10.1007/s00343-016-4277-0

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Two new species of the genus Cobitis Linnaeus (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from southern China

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- Two new species of the genus Cobitis Linnaeus (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from southern China
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 34, Issue 3, Pages: 517-525(2016)
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  1. College of Life Sciences Hebei University
  2. Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Hydrobiology Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-016-4277-0
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- Online First：21 October 2015，
  
  Published：2016
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Chen, Y., Sui, X., Liang, N. et al. Two new species of the genus Cobitis Linnaeus (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from southern China., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 34, 517–525 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-016-4277-0
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Chen, Y., Sui, X., Liang, N. et al. Two new species of the genus Cobitis Linnaeus (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from southern China., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 34, 517–525 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-016-4277-0 DOI：

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Abstract

Two new species of the genus Cobitis from southern China

C. hereromacula from the Luohe River in Guangdong Province and C. baishagensis from the Nandujiang River in Hainan Province

are described and illustrated here. C. hereromacula can be distinguished from its congeners by possessing the following combination of characteristics: absence of the second and third pigmentary zones of Gambetta; 13–16 oval blotches on the dorsum and 10–13 vertical

elongated triangular blotches below the midlateral line with more than 20 vertical dark brown bars between them; 6–7 narrow rows of dark spots on the caudal fin; a vertical oval spot smaller than the eye diameter on the upper part of the caudal peduncle; pointed mental lobes of the lower lip pointed with a slightly filiform tip; one slender and long needle-shaped lamina circularis at the base of the first branched ray of the male pectoral fins. C. baishagensis can be distinguished from its congeners by the fourth Gambetta zone being covered by 10–12 transverse elongated blotches; 4–5 narrow rows of dark spots on the caudal fin; a vertical blotch smaller than the eye diameter on the upper part of the caudal peduncle; males with a slender and long needle-shaped lamina circularis at the second branched pectoral fin ray in males; large scales with a slightly large focal zone; undeveloped mental lobes with a lower lip that does not end posteriorly in a filiform tip.

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