A Review Of The Catfish Genus Pseudexostoma (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) With Description Of A New Species From The Upper Salween (Nujiang) Basin Of China
Author
Zhou, Wei
Author
Yang, Ying
Author
Li, Xu
Author
Li, Ming-Hui
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2007
2007-02-28
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5331935
2345-7600
5331935
Key to species of the genus
Pseudexostoma
1. Posterior margin of lower lip with three notches, depth of middle notch shallower than depth of lateral ones, length of two smaller median lobes of lower lip longer than lateral lobes; pelvic fin i, 3-4; base of adipose fin 36.1–46.0% SL; depth of caudal peduncle 4.2–6.9% SL and 20–33.7% in length of caudal peduncle; premaxillary tooth band with 16–18 teeth (vs. 18–22), divided into two isolated patches ...................................................... 2
– Posterior margin of lower lip with three notches, depth of middle notch the same depth as lateral ones, length of two smaller median lobes of lower lip the same as lateral lobes; pelvic fin i, 5; base of adipose fin 28.8–39.8% SL; depth of caudal peduncle 6.4–8.3% SL and 32.6–42.7% in length of caudal peduncle; premaxillary tooth band with18–22 teeth, divided into two partially connected patches (Irrawaddy River) ....................... ........................................................................
P. yunnanensis
Fig. 5.
Pseudexostoma longipterus
, SWFC
200308022, holotype, 82.1 mm SL; China: Nujiang (the upper Salween River) drainage. Dorsal, lateral and ventral views.
Fig. 4. Map showing distribution of
P. brachysoma
,
P. longipterus
and
P. yunnanensis
.
2 Pectoral fin, pelvic fin and caudal fin longer, pectoral fin 30.1– 31.3% SL, pelvic fin 23.1–24.3% SL, caudal fin 18–19.6% SL; eye diameter 8.2–10% HL, interorbital width 25.5–30.8% HL (Salween River) ...............................................
P. longipterus
– Pectoral fin, pelvic fin and caudal fin shorter, pectoral fin 24.9– 29.8% SL, pelvic fin 16.1–22.9% SL, caudal fin 13.6–17.9% SL; eye diameter 5.8–7.8% HL, interorbital width 19.7–24.7% HL (Salween River) .......................................
P. brachysoma