<i>Hongiastoma zhangbuensis</i>, a New Species of the Subfamily Acrossocheilinae (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from South China.

ABSTRACT: Hongiastoma zhangbuensis sp. nov. is described from a tributary of the upper reach of the Pearl River basin based on the morphological and molecular data. It is distinguished from all known species within the subfamily Acrossocheilinae by having a combination of the following characteristics: a crescent horny sheath on the lower jaw, a less prominent lower lip limited to the corners of the mouth, a serrated posterior edge of the last simple dorsal-ray, 47-50 lateral-line scales, 9 scales above the lateral line, 16-18 circumpeduncular scales, and 16-18 pre-dorsal midline scales. The molecular phylogeny revealed that H. zhangbuensis sp. nov. was a sister taxon to Hongiastomata argentatum, with a genetic distance ranging from 10.49% to 10.68%. Together, they formed a line

SUBMITTER: Zheng LP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12427546 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature