A new species of Homatula (Teleostei, Cobitoidea, Nemacheilidae) from the Pearl River drainage, Yunnan, China.

ABSTRACT: Based on morphological and molecular analysis of Homatula species distributed in the Nanpanjiang River in Yunnan, China, we described a new species, Homatularobusta sp. nov. It differs from its congeners by a combination of the following characters: naked and robust body with well-developed crests (caudal peduncle depth as a percentage of its length: 70.5-78.5%); lateral line complete; median notch on lower jaw; median gap on lower lip; three pairs of short barbels, with maxillary barbels extending posteriorly to anterior edge of eyes; branched dorsal-fin rays 8½; and vertebrae 37-39. It can further be distinguished from H.nanpanjiangensis by several differences of the caudal skeleton such as the number of hypural elements, the presence of epurale and the shape

SUBMITTER: Min R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8948171 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature