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Zoological Research
Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
ISSN: 2095-8137
Vol. 36, No. 5, 2015, pp. 299-304
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Bioline Code: zr15032
Full paper language: English
Document type: Report
Document available free of charge
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Zoological Research, Vol. 36, No. 5, 2015, pp. 299-304
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A new species of Triplophysa Rendahl (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae) from Sichuan Province, China
YAN, Si-Li; SUN, Zhi-Yu & GUO, Yan-Shu
Abstract
Triplophysa yajiangensis sp. nov. is described from the upper and middle reaches of the Yalong River, Yangtze Basin, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. This new species can be distinguished from other congeneric species by the following characters: body surface smooth and scaleless; lateral line complete; caudal peduncle compressed and tapered slightly; lower jaw shovel-shaped; head shorter than caudal peduncle; dorsal-fin origin anterior to pelvic-fin origin and closer to tip of snout than to caudal-fin base, last unbranched ray hard; pelvic-fin reaches or exceeds anus; posterior chamber of gas bladder absent; intestine spiral type with 3-5 winding coils.
Keywords
Cypriniformes; Nemacheilidae; Sichuan Province; Triplophysa yajiangensis; New species; China
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