Yaoshania and Erromyzon kalotaenia, a new genus and a new species of balitorid loaches from Guangxi, China (Teleostei: Cypriniformes)
Author
Yang, Jian
State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650223, P. R. China & School of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Guangxi Teachers Education University, Nanning, 530001, P. R. China.
Author
Kottelat, Maurice
Route de la Baroche 12, Case postale 57, 2952 Cornol, Switzerland (permanent address); and Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore. E-mail: mkottelat @ dplanet. ch
Author
Yang, Jun-Xing
State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650223, P. R. China
chenxy@mail.kiz.ac.cn
Author
Chen, Xiao-Yong
State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650223, P. R. China
chenxy@mail.kiz.ac.cn
text
Zootaxa
2012
2012-12-14
3586
173
186
journal article
1175-5326
5B387626-0565-4363-8CC0-7EC92D72E95C
Key to species of
Erromyzon
1a. No blotches or bars on flank.......................................................................
E. yangi
1b. 9–20 blotches or bars on flank........................................................................... 2
2a. 17–20 irregular bars on flank....................................................................
E. sinensis
2b. 9–12 blotches or bars on flank........................................................................... 3
3a. Squarish blotches on flank, only 1/3 of depth body, as wide as interspaces, not reaching dorsal midline........
E. kalotaenia
3b. 12 bars on flank, continuous across back.........................................................
E. compactus