PFK Fishnews: New loach described from China - Crossostoma fasciolatus
Scientists have described a new species of homalopterid loach from Zhejiang in China. Wang Huo-Gen, Fan Zhong-Yong and Chen Ying named the new species from Liquang Rivulet as Crossostoma fasciolatus in a paper in the current volume of Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica.
The authors state that Crossostoma fasciolatus differs from Crossostoma davidi by the following combination of features:
"18-22 bar anomalistic grey-brownish stripe on body sides; naked area in abdomen exceed to behind middle point between origin of pectoral to ventral fin; with unconspicuous brown spot on name; length of snout bigger than basilar length of dorsal fin."
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Last edited by benny; 17th Jan 2007 at 22:44.
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