Botia kubotai, a new species of loach (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from the Ataran River basin (Myanmar), with comments on botiine nomenclature and diagnosis of a new genus. Author Maurice Kottelat text Zootaxa 2004 401 1 18 http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:59855ADE-EBB4-45CD-9C15-0D08739A9D8B journal article z00401p001 Syncrossus Blyth Syncrossus Blyth, 1860 (type species: Syncrossus berdmorei Blyth, 1860 , by subsequent designation by Jordan, 1919b). Gender masculine. Diagnosis. Distinguished from all other genera of Botiinae by the unique presence of a sickle-shaped anterior process of the premaxilla, surrounding a cavity between left and right processes; rostral process short, without ridge along inner edge. Distinguished from other lineages within the subfamily Botiinae by the following combination of characters: Mental lobe not developed in a barbel, with a pair of fleshy papillae at its anterior edge. Fronto-parietal fontanelle large, wide. Anterior chamber of gas bladder partly covered by bony capsule; posterior chamber large. Top of supraethmoid narrow. Optic foramen large. Suborbital spine not strongly curved backwards, bifid. Head naked (based on Taki, 1972: 74, 76). Colour pattern: regular, narrow bars throughout life, in some species with overimposed longitudinal rows of black spots. Remarks. The valid name for the lineage called Hymenophysa by Fang (1936), Nalbant(1963, 2002), Taki (1972) and others is Syncrossus Blyth, 1860 . Blyth (1860: 166) originally included two species in his Syncrossus , S. berdmorei Blyth, 1860 and " Schistura grandis apud McClelland". The last name is a deliberate application of a previous misidentification[ICZN art. 67.2.1], and therefore two species are included. The type species, by subsequent designation by Jordan (1919b: 294) is S. berdmorei . The species called B. hymenophysa by Taki (1972) is B. helodes (see Kottelat, 1984; Nalbant & Bianco, 1984). Included species: Syncrossus beauforti (Smith, 1931) (synonyms: B. lucasbahi Fowler, 1937 , B. beauforti formosa Pellegrin & Fang, 1940 , B. yunnanensis Chen, 1980 ) Syncrossus berdmorei Blyth, 1860 Syncrossus helodes (Sauvage, 1876) Syncrossus hymenophysa (Bleeker, 1852) (synonym: Hymenophysa macclellandi Bleeker, 1858 ) Syncrossus reversa (Roberts, 1989)