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Luo, Zhou &amp; Zhou
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;
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on
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<collectingDate id="9F54AF035F0B2EFEC3E1AB21CDFFCA43" value="2020-04-27">April 27, 2020</collectingDate>
</date>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EAEBI" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="E8F25A3CD978684567C93C63C6A23200">
<heading id="3968C0BF725F4C2092640689D5DEC105" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D851DA0BA54BB35342445992D5119851">
The specific epithet “
<emphasis id="9BFE20F5E3AEFB00802EC6CC39B4C3F2" italics="true">daxinensis</emphasis>
” refers to the type locality of the new species: Leiping Town, Daxin County, Chongzuo City,
<collectingRegion id="D4C4415C440C5FC043F5181D87CAEA62" country="China" name="Guangxi">Guangxi</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="3368B86B92338C90340115078BD771BB" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
. We propose the English common name “ Daxin Chinese Karst Loach ” and Chinese common name “ Dà Xīn Zhōng Huá Kā Qiū (大新中华喀鳅). ”
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EQEBI" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="F1813AF378359A4434A62B0461CFCA54">
<heading id="6D1CB7F75EE951C0D9B0E4CE92F27858" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="19B74795FA4DD7253039DAEE58C64507">
<taxonomicName id="F74D468A4A2A90C207016B79FB87DDA3" authorityName="Luo, Zhou &amp; Zhou" authorityYear="2024" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="daxinensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="271A358D274049049928319FD3B1F94A" italics="true">Karstsinnectes daxinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B2605816D424BA569ED9C06854F6AC3A" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
can be distinguished from all of the other congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) body naked and without pigmentation; (2) eyes absent; (3) dorsal-fin rays iii- 7, pectoral-fin rays i- 1011, pelvic-fin rays i- 5, anal-fin rays iii- 5, caudal fin truncated with 1314 branched caudal-fin rays; (4) pelvic fins slightly long, length 9.513.2 % of SL, tip reaching the anus; (5) high and wide head (depth 6.39.8 % of SL; wide 10.014.8 % of SL), narrow mouth (width 6.27.9 % of SL), long inrostral barbel length (length 7.212.7 % of SL), and long maxillary barbel length (length 11.313.1 % of SL).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EBFBI" type="description">
<paragraph id="90FDF91553FD9B21EF56E48576E480BD">
<heading id="FC1E0E84C6554CA946FFDD5EB4CDB656" reason="title">Description.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7674B8813CE984DE37072A165CFB689B">
Morphological data of all of the specimens of
<taxonomicName id="7F1B1AFA4EFA2EFE4ABCA171534FAA21" authorityName="Luo, Zhou &amp; Zhou" authorityYear="2024" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="daxinensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="1D516D538FBAD9C99E2562A6CE2BF498" italics="true">Karstsinnectes daxinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="573BE055E9D8B823FF139F32B3E5B744" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
were collected in this study are provided in Table
<tableCitation id="9F612043486330ECC0FCB37D34AB9A70" captionStart="Table 6" captionStartId="T6" captionText="Table 6. Morphometric statistics and results of analysis of variance from Karstsinnectes daxinensis sp. nov. and K. anophthalmus. Abbreviations: Kd, K. daxinensis sp. nov.; Ka, K. anophthalmus. NA denotes that the data is not available." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/D742A17B27D59BD0CF9A8DF9590A8669" tableUuid="D742A17B27D59BD0CF9A8DF9590A8669">6</tableCitation>
and Suppl. material
<xref id="4231C1B9E70C1D55C7ED76165714830E" ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="S5">5</xref>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="844993EEB1A6E63A540321E5A587F1CB">Body elongated and cylindrical, anterior portion gradually raised from upper eye to dorsal-fin base, posterior portion gradually compressed from dorsal fin to caudal-fin base, with deepest body depth anterior to dorsal-fin origin, deepest body depth 9.110.4 % of SL. Dorsal profile of forehead and predorsal profile convex, concave from dorsal-fin origin to anterior margin of upper caudal adipose keel. Ventral profile flat. Head short, length 18.923.6 % of SL, slightly depressed and flattened, width greater than depth (head depth / head length = 29.242.6 %). Snout short and lightly blunt. Mouth inferior, snout tip truncated, upper and lower lips smooth, lower lip with a V-shaped median notch.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4FABD4FBED7D221ADB0FB6214BD6250E">
Three pairs of barbels: inrostral barbels short, length 7.212.7 % of SL, tip not reaching to corner of the mouth; outrostral barbel long, length 9.412.7 % of SL, tip reaching to posterior margin of the eye. Maxillary barbel slightly developed, length 11.313.1 % of SL, tip not reaching to anterior margin of operculum. Anterior and posterior nostrils adjacent. Anterior nostril tube long, truncated, without elongated long barbel-like tip. Eyes absent. Gill rakers not developed, 910 gill rakers on first gill arch (
<emphasis id="706B61EE84213D9AC698C1B4A0FAE8D1" italics="true">n</emphasis>
= 2).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="22BF610799C8076547BE23AAC6369951">
Dorsal-fin rays iii- 7, pectoral-fin rays i- 1011, pelvic-fin rays i- 5, anal-fin rays iii- 5, and with 1314 branched caudal-fin rays. Dorsal fin short, length 12.717.2 % of SL, distally margin truncated, origin slightly posterior to pelvic-fin insertion, first branched ray longest, tip of dorsal fin slight beyond to vertical of anus. Pectoral fin slightly developed, length 12.814.8 % of SL, tip not beyond midpoint between origins of pectoral and pelvic fins. Pelvic fin slightly long, length 9.513.2 % of SL, distally margin oval, vertically aligned with first unbranched ray of dorsal fin, tip of pelvic fin reaching the anus. Anal fin slightly long, length 11.716.8 % of SL, tip not reaching to caudal-fin base. Caudal fin truncated, upper lobe is equal in length to lower one, tip pointed, caudal peduncle length 13.216.8 % of SL, caudal peduncle depth 7.410.4 % of body depth, with not developed adipose crests along both dorsal and ventral sides. Total vertebrae: 4 + 31 (
<emphasis id="209A5966D4FA690913B5D1727C3074A6" italics="true">n</emphasis>
= 1) (Fig.
<figureCitation id="DFEF4D33839E5CC70B1A25F801E661F8" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Karstsinnectes daxinensis sp. nov., GZNU 20200427002, holotype, 27.5 mm standard length; Zuojiang River basin, Leiping Town, Daxin County, Guangxi, China. A. Lateral view; B. Dorsal view; C. Ventral view; D. Micro-computed tomography of lateral, dorsal, and ventral views of body; E. Ventral, dorsal, lateral, and from above views of air bladder posterior chamber based on micro-computed tomography." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.133964.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1168353">4 D</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="222EC24DB8BEB235C7A5438FBFE4B483" ID-DOI="10.3897/zse.100.133964.figure4" ID-arpha="560D8F03-F565-5071-8FB5-422C12BFCDDD" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1168353" startId="F4">
<paragraph id="D36B8D6FB1DDE62C69771400891FC656">
<label id="082F90C7157D8C1CA32DAFCDA60238A2">Figure 4.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8646D9AB341B2AA375142CBA458B2D5E">
<taxonomicName id="5811AE69029858CB3BAE8F8216B8DC41" authorityName="Luo, Zhou &amp; Zhou" authorityYear="2024" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="daxinensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B1B04EFD75F198D646A4110C2D480464" italics="true">Karstsinnectes daxinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2DC3A42F3B89E485C4256C2671755992" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, GZNU 20200427002, holotype, 27.5 mm standard length; Zuojiang River basin, Leiping Town, Daxin County, Guangxi, China.
<emphasis id="A3BD709AEA3BAFB8D213E1D02AE37A4E" bold="true">A</emphasis>
. Lateral view;
<emphasis id="804106CAE5F3280214024BECBB5DACCE" bold="true">B</emphasis>
. Dorsal view;
<emphasis id="4631AECB0AE427A3E3BF9F6796F70383" bold="true">C</emphasis>
. Ventral view;
<emphasis id="897AA6FD0F508C5791B40A4E0F41F4E9" bold="true">D</emphasis>
. Micro-computed tomography of lateral, dorsal, and ventral views of body;
<emphasis id="856B0C530C606F25CE1583DCE0D846DD" bold="true">E</emphasis>
. Ventral, dorsal, lateral, and from above views of air bladder posterior chamber based on micro-computed tomography.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="9B9A58D5B55FD7BDA15B1D8F58261A8D">
Body naked, smooth, and scaleless. Cephalic lateral line system developed. Lateral line and head sensory pores absent. Two chambers of air-bladder, anterior chamber dumbbell-shaped and membranous, open on both sides and posteriorly (Fig.
<figureCitation id="9DF21EE8E894A8FF38EFDD3155F9A13A" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Karstsinnectes daxinensis sp. nov., GZNU 20200427002, holotype, 27.5 mm standard length; Zuojiang River basin, Leiping Town, Daxin County, Guangxi, China. A. Lateral view; B. Dorsal view; C. Ventral view; D. Micro-computed tomography of lateral, dorsal, and ventral views of body; E. Ventral, dorsal, lateral, and from above views of air bladder posterior chamber based on micro-computed tomography." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.133964.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1168353">4 E</figureCitation>
), and posterior chamber slight developed, slightly filling body cavity, connected with anterior chamber by short tube.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EPHBI" type="Coloration">
<paragraph id="71056EF0D1191383162FE11D873B1C4F">
<heading id="1E193F3F1372621DE94E6AF30FAB83ED" reason="title">Coloration.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0592268C3EF165CAC91CD99860FD2DAB">
In cave water bodies when living, body semi-translucent and pale pink, without skin pigment, and all of the fins hyaline (Fig.
<figureCitation id="A1A93EF6127769221833D5CAFC5235EC" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Lateral, dorsal, ventral views of Karstsinnectes daxinensis sp. nov. In living." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.133964.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1168354">5</figureCitation>
). After fixation in 7 % formalin solution, the body color was yellowish white, thorax and gills light brown color, transparent on all of the fins (Fig.
<figureCitation id="874F256876B28CDA28C36C0C51192FF1" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Karstsinnectes daxinensis sp. nov., GZNU 20200427002, holotype, 27.5 mm standard length; Zuojiang River basin, Leiping Town, Daxin County, Guangxi, China. A. Lateral view; B. Dorsal view; C. Ventral view; D. Micro-computed tomography of lateral, dorsal, and ventral views of body; E. Ventral, dorsal, lateral, and from above views of air bladder posterior chamber based on micro-computed tomography." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.133964.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1168353">4 A C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="D607C66E8F5202807E1F870A41086155" ID-DOI="10.3897/zse.100.133964.figure5" ID-arpha="CC3791FE-43A7-570F-9628-FEFC838E3170" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1168354" startId="F5">
<paragraph id="3D23B721D08D545B0BAA9CFBBDC4B671">
<label id="69B4D2902425DD4EAE2619D15E890751">Figure 5.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="54CF55881FC386DA4570FB34B7370031">
Lateral, dorsal, ventral views of
<taxonomicName id="2ADE9E2B15817AE8396CCAA2BA1ABCE7" authorityName="Luo, Zhou &amp; Zhou" authorityYear="2024" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="daxinensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="E0BB970BE1775E3CF44C66309F7D28EC" italics="true">Karstsinnectes daxinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="4A7E3EE1AB52EDFD153193C3ED8FBC6B" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
In living.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EVIBI" type="comparisons">
<paragraph id="EE623560151E0D1F81047B4A41E23145">
<heading id="E8DB0DF32A71246C7505F8A19064A90E" reason="title">Comparisons.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="07D19B0F9DA7E0E96FA98B285882CECF">
Morphological data of
<taxonomicName id="6E38B14BBD631D5B77BE37EF1C6BAEF8" authorityName="Luo, Zhou &amp; Zhou" authorityYear="2024" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="daxinensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="787FEE8DFE1220808A52D5463E2A1DCB" italics="true">K. daxinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="91D9E5F126BB9EA5D1F2CB5184E6984B" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
with the six known species within genus
<taxonomicName id="A2194AA029DEB18C6A559B1DC9961AFD" authorityName="Zhou, Luo, Wang, Zhou &amp; Xiao" authorityYear="2023" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1C46F06616DA306F2AFCD8729D57836F" italics="true">Karstsinnectes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are given in Table
<tableCitation id="AC9B1F943098D363EE6D4C8C11C51189" captionStart="Table 7" captionStartId="T7" captionText="Table 7. Comparison of the diagnostic characters of the new species described here, Karstsinnectes daxinensis sp. nov., with those selected for the six other known species of the genus Karstsinnectes. Modified from Zhao et al. (2024). Abbreviations: K. an, K. anophthalmus; K. ce, K. cehengensis; K. ac, K. acridorsalis; K. pa, K. parvus; K. hy, K. hyalinus; and K. lo, K. longzhouensis." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/80AB8F27CE636F24015FE8B9A5126E4E" tableUuid="80AB8F27CE636F24015FE8B9A5126E4E">7</tableCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<caption id="80AB8F27CE636F24015FE8B9A5126E4E" ID-Table-UUID="80AB8F27CE636F24015FE8B9A5126E4E" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/80AB8F27CE636F24015FE8B9A5126E4E" startId="T7" targetIsTable="true">
<paragraph id="1BD02D115799076D6639C0E469FC09B7">
<label id="45D8AEDD2324F03F8266E19CB058891B">Table 7.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DB1E66A182A9DB17C71FE418E0842669">
Comparison of the diagnostic characters of the new species described here,
<taxonomicName id="2FB570D83FE8850D7693AEA038A6BD1D" authorityName="Luo, Zhou &amp; Zhou" authorityYear="2024" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="daxinensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="D89D71AACA43C86430C1204CB28CFCD1" italics="true">Karstsinnectes daxinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A699392A4A7492FE23492FCEAE8992E3" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, with those selected for the six other known species of the genus
<taxonomicName id="0D84C690574BBC0010BCC52DAF934D2B" authorityName="Zhou, Luo, Wang, Zhou &amp; Xiao" authorityYear="2023" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C40C03ABDFFF9E6214977EB19EFF4123" italics="true">Karstsinnectes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Modified from
<bibRefCitation id="11CCBD319FB8409A4112A03DF7FE0961" DOI="10.11865/zs.2024204" author="Zhao X &amp; Lan C &amp; Luo T &amp; Yu J &amp; Zhou J &amp; Xiao N &amp; Zhou J" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Zhao" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Zoological Systematics" pagination="101-115" refId="B38" refString="Zhao X, Lan C, Luo T, Yu J, Zhou J, Xiao N, Zhou J (2024) Karstsinnectes cehengensis (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae), a new species of cave fish from Guizhou, China. Zoological Systematics 49 (2): 101115. https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.2024204" title="Karstsinnectes cehengensis (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae), a new species of cave fish from Guizhou, China." volume="49" year="2024">Zhao et al. (2024)</bibRefCitation>
. Abbreviations:
<emphasis id="B64F1CA150311ECBB3F9CF00941F571C" italics="true">K. an</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="6038D24829A4BE1AD8A670BB2A447177" baseAuthorityName="Zheng" baseAuthorityYear="1981" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anophthalmus">
<emphasis id="7B573081C788B5FE2A351DEDAB28180C" italics="true">K. anophthalmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<emphasis id="5B225EB28DB074F3AE34EE51167A0349" italics="true">K. ce</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="279B8A7EC2008226D53AC652FDA461FB" authorityName="Luo, Zhao &amp; Zhou" authorityYear="2024" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cehengensis">
<emphasis id="BAC1D54C3FE78E728ED661C2F393C8F7" italics="true">K. cehengensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<emphasis id="820270BC9F4480EB0512753B73B6DEFA" italics="true">K. ac</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="E2CF1C02BFAA8174D21E64C4E1161271" baseAuthorityName="Lan" baseAuthorityYear="2013" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="acridorsalis">
<emphasis id="827F16B3016FA04BA5510CA8D1E632AC" italics="true">K. acridorsalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<emphasis id="2F18C8B2767E3BF2D694A76D295E7FA0" italics="true">K. pa</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="D36A047A807345DC255A3EE0D5B2956D" baseAuthorityName="Zhu &amp; Zhu" baseAuthorityYear="2014" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="parvus">
<emphasis id="CC6067A0EE60AA2BD767327C8F8930C5" italics="true">K. parvus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<emphasis id="73AED047EA6F47A3C0EC67B2C7FFA186" italics="true">K. hy</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="AB9EB7715CEFE5E0921C4A80A6835D17" italics="true">K. hyalinus</emphasis>
; and
<emphasis id="9EE8BF7CEC30A6D1F39018105CD10C0A" italics="true">K. lo</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="3ACBC35400132184F90467A51BBF12CB" authorityName="Ge, Du &amp; Zhou" authorityYear="2024" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="longzhouensis">
<emphasis id="63E53CDB00D32507519BBF642824F88E" italics="true">K. longzhouensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="5C83C389C827CDB97E8F9114B4243160">
<table id="TID0EREDI" rules="all">
<tbody id="6037DAC97A208F05D6F5F00A1477A6E4">
<tr id="AA342A0EE85C731FFDD8C4C4C18D21D1">
<th id="091600E12282901411842C553D5A58CB" colspan="1" isEmpty="true" rowspan="1">-</th>
<th id="99C0FEB888F8F213A0BDEBD8562C7D9A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="417F4315E9CE9D1E8BEA4B5F5BA3CB0D" authorityName="Luo, Zhou &amp; Zhou" authorityYear="2024" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="daxinensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="826FB007DA37B6285E26D97EBC338563" italics="true">K. daxinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B479F7EBE76B6C5D0CD81F0D2CC57534" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</th>
<emphasis id="DB4B5AC08226F44AA5490DB802F7A22F" italics="true">
<th id="A996CD8C1955095BB70E21B768214D01" colspan="1" rowspan="1">K. an</th>
<th id="29453308496EA674FB62E6C69BDDD01D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">K. ce</th>
<th id="988ACEB86442692F23D6719EA7FA91C2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">K. ac</th>
<th id="5B51720C5993F1A328A9ABFF53A74E8D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">K. pa</th>
<th id="EA41F95CF41022695AD548B144AF9C43" colspan="1" rowspan="1">K. hy</th>
<th id="5D34DCA7E29B88EAD864366285D1C5EB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">K. lo</th>
</emphasis>
</tr>
<tr id="8F112176DCDAB214A04E624A146E87C1">
<td id="8909B469F7A969398F8B282DC4B5AC8D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Caudal fin</td>
<td id="82300C030596D2A6639263C5BCC9AB76" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Truncated</td>
<td id="AECD13698935C5A7E166D751EF60A029" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Truncated</td>
<td id="836F22874BFAD5A3415B0FE0578634AE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Forked</td>
<td id="5DDE45A74ACB0281B6295D862778773F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Forked</td>
<td id="1030203E736B3150A648BEF6DAE4575F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Forked</td>
<td id="0842819636E262F4BFC07CE511D6044B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Forked</td>
<td id="2D3B1BAC50F1681D2B0B047A2CCAEFC9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Forked</td>
</tr>
<tr id="7D9F60292716213FE842BB37CD35D848">
<td id="8A31326B4FD3DFB048F5BAD2ED7F1A4D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Eyes</td>
<td id="5F905420A356F67ADFA394ED603EBBEE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
<td id="45A752C97F190CBD0E8C036A9D74B6FE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
<td id="1C5C89E6AD893C4FEC87186D052E1171" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Reduced</td>
<td id="E04591C0FF4B7545B5CB88531A7485E1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
<td id="48FD3DF2A2F5FC5D90108F6A7CA5E036" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
<td id="AF1A3469CF7053C85977E693B0F00883" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
<td id="241A80085825EDD82011265BFBD480AF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
</tr>
<tr id="18A9982A9A4816A6DE8BFEE6545E1363">
<td id="F87AA8E5B46845E750E16E2E8B22F2A6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Scales</td>
<td id="58631B40015687A7A874CC3DAE52797A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
<td id="1C04FE9F37773B6E5FEAC8D65666C9B9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
<td id="E3DF7828F1B0019B577EF839B18144AB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
<td id="6EDEE3827CE806C272C95B0A0051697E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
<td id="9C9E226FC3ADBA2E0EA6533C7B98BAA5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
<td id="5E85820EC6F7EE960550E69F538DD3EF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Present (tiny scales)</td>
<td id="1B1BB7BD0F365E7748D5D92120774973" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
</tr>
<tr id="5E48B834954C62E1BC7B1B03AF86939F">
<td id="D7052AD3E7DDB8FF21ACE1030F23DE47" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Lateral line</td>
<td id="AE6CF9E9AD3E4CBE74CBBF07DB46B9F4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
<td id="660D20F0DEFD546AE8123BEAD5C52E4D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
<td id="D3B56C3CE521BB8DD2F5B04F4B5D3DC3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Incomplete</td>
<td id="2D836084BC146C7AA15279FD0416CB4E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
<td id="A3275D4DB661192611FE0092FE900252" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Present</td>
<td id="07FFD16677E5631550A016F0A843A8BF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
<td id="26E49A6B9A708E1AB55592CB71B535EC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Present</td>
</tr>
<tr id="2D0708035272C1AA03C79621D5C008BC">
<td id="EE8F7EA0323F9D12A57F4AB44BDF20D8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Dorsal-fin rays</td>
<td id="263D1160C6E9D2594708E08AB0DCD092" colspan="1" rowspan="1">iii, 7</td>
<td id="EBA042A207D2628B77021CA226713289" colspan="1" rowspan="1">iii, 7</td>
<td id="8AEF187E296BEDF5EE5E77C925F499E5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">iii, 7</td>
<td id="51B1C2286AC2251A5D375ADEBE5119C2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">iii, 89</td>
<td id="8172E2D1E3963083A80DEAEBAA42103B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">iii, 9</td>
<td id="C3D92CB334A0F294955109184FD3A295" colspan="1" rowspan="1">ii, 9</td>
<td id="58FFD20059153473E9BACEDA4A9B6ACB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">iii, 9</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C83D497B0143EB4542BA29E11798C9F3">
<td id="2940AF73757EC013A16CC5D241B6F0B5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Anal-fin rays</td>
<td id="408CA6AD373C83BCE18924E3470CB93A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">iii, 5</td>
<td id="39E3031C20DAE61B75434E936A71D374" colspan="1" rowspan="1">ii, 5</td>
<td id="11811A9D51A607F5FD8AD61FA28FC6A1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">iii, 5</td>
<td id="3B313F16A040E371CD6F3F1526E27817" colspan="1" rowspan="1">ii, 5</td>
<td id="EB58993E794628AA5B25C72755E74B85" colspan="1" rowspan="1">iii, 5</td>
<td id="462CE6AE10B44D438861F75E1F740C3F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">ii, 4</td>
<td id="20C1B7A4A15AE6EAE26946839826E5FA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">iii, 5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F54F7DA588C9D2DBBC4109B7733B1A48">
<td id="1A756BB3AADF63077D4315EDEFF3DC4E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pectoral-fin rays</td>
<td id="9BFCB65B8E1F38C2189FA254EF20A28E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">i, 1011</td>
<td id="A78F8A71D0C7283E345BBA4B79C5B68A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">i, 1012</td>
<td id="D32BDFDE9A150791DCDFF609644A1BEE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">ii, 1112</td>
<td id="0D1839F2DABC80569D27F327DCC4A5C1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">i, 10</td>
<td id="8C16804706D997A4D1B37688C4ACF1A0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">i, 10</td>
<td id="B0BD19E7631DE7DEEB8D3E2937F02FFE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">i, 11</td>
<td id="3FA96223BE6DF038378FF51773EDB1CE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">i, 10 / 12</td>
</tr>
<tr id="81FC4CA41F8D6DC84DFEABBBD6A691E5">
<td id="EC4C34B91AD3C0D71BE7185FBDA2FC2F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pelvic-fin rays</td>
<td id="5A39E37C65BCA15EE874B23CAA5D63CC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">i, 5</td>
<td id="2CEDAEB8A9B275D0B7976597564C3E6A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">i, 45</td>
<td id="8DF7E608157B7D9C5BE1CA5829F4CC24" colspan="1" rowspan="1">i, 7</td>
<td id="A5307470E507191B4C1676B3A1BBDD8C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">i, 5</td>
<td id="F953220D6B03921A1D25EB6167A67A1E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">i, 6</td>
<td id="0438D6887983428C903E0DEB9A18A80D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">i, 5</td>
<td id="381A91BC586C3A4A251E9A179D720A30" colspan="1" rowspan="1">i, 5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="4F59798B4E1A7407E924BAC478FA58B0">
<td id="71D6A89C574971DC784D8A0192F05138" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Caudal-fin rays</td>
<td id="358BA5D8FA4CED5F7237054423FB4EB2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1314</td>
<td id="868C2FB97F7DDD7D047C011AB3894004" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1213</td>
<td id="95F49F691908DA7568D1E55CC4B5A24B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">14</td>
<td id="69258C55D41C9A34ED3EE4C6029BCC5E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1314</td>
<td id="EC81214E48E681117A3D66DB17FCB8FD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1213</td>
<td id="B57687D4EF5F2587ED2101127992F71B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1112</td>
<td id="5A072D853F2757EB0BFD5C6AF735A3E0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1314</td>
</tr>
<tr id="64E5D4689C7DC26FB0D72D6361293784">
<td id="2DB1459D71284401FE907EAA8227B347" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Gill rakers</td>
<td id="B6BB18D74D14016CA17997FD43C7984B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">910</td>
<td id="2D1002DD51B98C4FE45B4446A0479E57" colspan="1" rowspan="1">89</td>
<td id="779B7BBD06477599DD3F91B1B83CF0A6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9</td>
<td id="FC81AF947FA39E04F8837176094459EE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9</td>
<td id="88B776628FA378E5910257545571C1D2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11</td>
<td id="00EDF73BFD794A39D29094E214A087C3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12</td>
<td id="4FF3156985924911CD81398ACD69A4C3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1112</td>
</tr>
<tr id="BC440E27AAD79E9242AAB67AA32820A4">
<td id="5D23FBED50170F50CD2C13A250F4C3C2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Dorsal-fin rays tip</td>
<td id="25AD91916B342CEE94B0F4C4F1CFCE10" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Slightly beyond to anal-fin insertion</td>
<td id="53B9193261B58C0479F3839A3020D3D4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Far beyond to anal-fin insertion</td>
<td id="1DF248F2D1703562C915364F0D9A71C7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Reaching to anal-fin insertion</td>
<td id="290C3C9390C68075497E54B919210044" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Far beyond to anal-fin insertion</td>
<td id="C84BBCF57E7AA2AB70D0B75736F68409" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Far beyond to anal-fin insertion</td>
<td id="56AFD5B2EF772E5A22B83860DE1A246D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Reaching to anal-fin insertion</td>
<td id="6BB5E53CD819E4B8AAD82A4427D98719" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Far beyond to anal-fin insertion</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F8CCF3D6FF356700BDFF19C7D879A4A4">
<td id="257A21C1FDF8FB1FA85FA7D3D7796412" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Dorsal fin origin</td>
<td id="1B67107C89C41CED0B58ADFA329F5B37" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Slightly posterior to pelvic-fin origin</td>
<td id="B661336B68A40FD75F69E64D76F8C07F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Posterior to pelvic-fin origin</td>
<td id="98928E426E095C6D851E9B72E298AD39" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Slightly posterior to pelvic-fin origin</td>
<td id="A13FAE059953092E99A369EB7D97AADF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Posterior to pelvic-fin origin</td>
<td id="07B67FE271027B9AEE04C48CA7224B89" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Anterior to pelvic-fin origin</td>
<td id="B26E037F6AD934C5436ABD669337EF61" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Slightly anterior to pelvic-fin origin</td>
<td id="DBEE8A92EF7D941DBC08A94AE26C9ECB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Anterior to pelvic-fin origin</td>
</tr>
<tr id="42EA79B99043ED6BDF5BFE0AD032C8F7">
<td id="24FA2F8E62383C57D907AE5947FAE5BA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pelvic fin tip</td>
<td id="536DA309F8204147274A7B1A8D69D956" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Reaching the anus</td>
<td id="318F43A1FFE284501A1E317881CEC890" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Not reaching the anus</td>
<td id="F3F1C3D791AEC2564CE123A225A3F0B5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Not reaching the anus</td>
<td id="650D9A369E7941154BEF252FA979E2BA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Not reaching the anus</td>
<td id="4A4D984180C2944E509E4281083B653F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Exceeding anus</td>
<td id="C47E094A19E9908234F34ECB64560540" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Reaching the anus</td>
<td id="C5AFA7F2EF86262F640D7DA3BBEFFFA2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Reaching the anus</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D35EC6BCC7E3B369BC5526508B601DE4">
<td id="66327E3B357485BE2EB4D5CF39454D7D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Distribution</td>
<td id="CB354730E9B3D78F6E3A87AAA4BAA1A4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Zuojiang River</td>
<td id="951BD7808AF7C265F3AA064974B576B5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Youjiang River</td>
<td id="F180A233B85653B5192D3B6478DE29A9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Beipanjiang River</td>
<td id="786B45A7EB3AADA7E8B0F6FBA596F7A3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Hongshui River</td>
<td id="1567211AFC9E4882127B2F1449245228" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Youjiang River</td>
<td id="8F9B7FAE3A84E83F2BCAFD152AA0DE38" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Hongshui River</td>
<td id="9DA5FBF3CD002A2C45FEC9AF8EBE7397" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Zuojiang River</td>
</tr>
<tr id="358A94FC361203D5A96900C10E85043C">
<td id="FE9E1CA42FC5BAA159AA204AAF64F00B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Source</td>
<td id="FD3FE4832FF35C573F44FFF849A4C1E3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">This study</td>
<td id="7A8ED3E4E456B2F5F4C702C555E9EED2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
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</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BD92349F78E184DBB043DCD39850FB47">
<taxonomicName id="4ED0663C00EFE95DDCEC3D079FDB7276" authorityName="Luo, Zhou &amp; Zhou" authorityYear="2024" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="daxinensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="0B982928FA9FDC816F91E0508EDACE9C" italics="true">Karstsinnectes daxinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D351795ED2543F3D6730CD22D9E662FE" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
can be distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="E120817468BEF8E0C663428A57E749E8" authorityName="Luo, Zhao &amp; Zhou" authorityYear="2024" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cehengensis">
<emphasis id="117A3C302B3B52EF5E66170390D11FB6" italics="true">K. cehengensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="95BE42FB883CFD52D1DEBB78F6E4FBDC" baseAuthorityName="Lan" baseAuthorityYear="2013" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="acridorsalis">
<emphasis id="FCF36F13881803EF9B698E00EF5E7C7B" italics="true">K. acridorsalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="E17F9094389D214A2D9FDBF1374B5520" baseAuthorityName="Zhu &amp; Zhu" baseAuthorityYear="2014" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="parvus">
<emphasis id="CA6B520D0A0D24AEA4FA422F8336866F" italics="true">K. parvus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="D496F9E2A0E40ADBB49561467DD8AA09" italics="true">K. hyalinus</emphasis>
, and
<taxonomicName id="14887DECB44945299EAAECD7529D1304" authorityName="Ge, Du &amp; Zhou" authorityYear="2024" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="longzhouensis">
<emphasis id="8A854898752B3CE6359D2628086BDAF5" italics="true">K. longzhouensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by caudal fin truncated (vs. forked). The new species can be further distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="EDD0EC41F1BA7E7A9CE58250BB3BAA6D" authorityName="Luo, Zhao &amp; Zhou" authorityYear="2024" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cehengensis">
<emphasis id="B35EB48033D3022879CE9CC91F809DA6" italics="true">K. cehengensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by eye absent (vs. reduced); and from
<taxonomicName id="60F6C36EE8C4C5CBEC29985BE51E030D" authorityName="Luo, Zhao &amp; Zhou" authorityYear="2024" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cehengensis">
<emphasis id="642D37877593C6DB714233183F90B2D4" italics="true">K. cehengensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="59EE9342111696B68875559F09FD7BB4" baseAuthorityName="Zhu &amp; Zhu" baseAuthorityYear="2014" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="parvus">
<emphasis id="9A84069AC61033F8BCE461348DD0D5C7" italics="true">K. parvus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="460D00A697CBCA99DCBA9C705CF493B0" authorityName="Ge, Du &amp; Zhou" authorityYear="2024" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="longzhouensis">
<emphasis id="4A5B08B4D47213ABAC8FA190E1B25AD7" italics="true">K. longzhouensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by lateral line absent (vs. present).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="97B3D1D35B855DF269A3F00E14E625D5">
Morphologically and genetically,
<taxonomicName id="2AC77FCF832C77A5CD9D18DDF307B89C" authorityName="Luo, Zhou &amp; Zhou" authorityYear="2024" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="daxinensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="ED056D27AB81D5477E4B6CD950294EE5" italics="true">K. daxinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="4ED250A101FD65B0FF688BCD7FBA24C5" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is closest to
<taxonomicName id="B695FF32993A6D323BF47DFFA46EEA9B" baseAuthorityName="Zheng" baseAuthorityYear="1981" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anophthalmus">
<emphasis id="1291700C8BFF28625C5ACC585D691EA3" italics="true">K. anophthalmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but can still be distinguished by some morphological characters.
<taxonomicName id="8D1201647EDF7093637E2D00A867E9C5" authorityName="Luo, Zhou &amp; Zhou" authorityYear="2024" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="daxinensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="4BCD064A18FDD0AC1567211EB82C511F" italics="true">Karstsinnectes daxinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="769381C1C6887CBA16CE8B75BBB2C12D" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
different from
<taxonomicName id="DE369D13B595138A788BBD897206A9B9" baseAuthorityName="Zheng" baseAuthorityYear="1981" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anophthalmus">
<emphasis id="51F6F10FE4EFB125021267AA9251CACA" italics="true">K. anophthalmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by tip of pelvic fin reaching the anus (vs. not reaching the anus) (Fig.
<figureCitation id="FD56D21433F58BFD6E4145798C58BF37" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Morphological comparison of Karstsinnectes daxinensis sp. nov. (A) and K. anophthalmus (B, C). This mainly shows the relative locations at the tip of the pelvic fin and the anus separating these two species. Photo A by Tao Luo, Photos B, C by Mr. Jia-Jun Zhou and Mr. Jia-Hu Lan." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.133964.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1168355">6</figureCitation>
), three unbranched pelvic-fin rays (vs. two), narrow mouth (6.27.9 % of SL vs. 8.78.8 % of SL), long inrostral barbel length (7.212.7 % of SL vs. 3.45.3 % of SL), and long maxillary barbel length (11.313.1 % of SL vs. 7.110.0 % of SL).
</paragraph>
<caption id="4E1D222BD5D7E991FA5E49A51509657D" ID-DOI="10.3897/zse.100.133964.figure6" ID-arpha="96DF1AD1-1083-5E38-96A2-9F8B3CDC1BDB" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1168355" startId="F6">
<paragraph id="E801ED62E3753EEE9144122960C3DB31">
<label id="BBFAD46B50928F9C33B8347315AA2392">Figure 6.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FF4B1B3F0EEC30F8D6E3417A93483601">
Morphological comparison of
<taxonomicName id="63B687D01EE3B3E0051F350E1F8B2E0F" authorityName="Luo, Zhou &amp; Zhou" authorityYear="2024" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="daxinensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="455FC6E654F9DF06C03221A6A853A8D0" italics="true">Karstsinnectes daxinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E27045BEE329A42BADF9BBAC6981306F" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<emphasis id="7418F4410892F72ABE92C1746E3B2ECD" bold="true">A</emphasis>
) and
<taxonomicName id="91DAB8E4A4EAD18C110B442DECDF6EA8" baseAuthorityName="Zheng" baseAuthorityYear="1981" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anophthalmus">
<emphasis id="8C94583096683708DCD54E2FA1F74FE8" italics="true">K. anophthalmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="4E6308801CC78B2710C8449C904F45CA" bold="true">B, C</emphasis>
). This mainly shows the relative locations at the tip of the pelvic fin and the anus separating these two species. Photo
<emphasis id="E7BBDC4652D37D62ED3D7B371E93F037" bold="true">A</emphasis>
by Tao Luo, Photos
<emphasis id="B82617A7ABDB6558F833CCFACD32B8C5" bold="true">B, C</emphasis>
by Mr. Jia-Jun Zhou and Mr. Jia-Hu Lan.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EMFCI" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="83532C7292A98A8B679BCDF53CBB79D4">
<heading id="DF819A1E189E4E0997623D5818F54339" reason="title">Distribution.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F490327997B397AEC05137AB448F2546">
At present, this new species
<taxonomicName id="ABF69DC4CF869EE0CBD3D77C7AE1D1B3" authorityName="Luo, Zhou &amp; Zhou" authorityYear="2024" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Karstsinnectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="daxinensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="E23E7B4A6DBCCA35CE9AA7AC6CFD8858" italics="true">K. daxinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="DADB63C0F6807A584FCB7D3D2D16797C" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
has only been discovered in the type locality and nearby caves within the Zuojiang River basin (Fig.
<figureCitation id="1AEA35F9CB6DE7C4758447FC7CB961DC" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Geographical distribution of recognized species of the genus Karstsinnectes in southwestern China." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.133964.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1168350">1</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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