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<treatment id="0FB37C443C3E2E876280A7400A71DE67" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6267809" ID-GBIF-Taxon="100124285" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6267809" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:0FB37C443C3E2E876280A7400A71DE67" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0FB37C443C3E2E876280A7400A71DE67" lastPageNumber="59" pageNumber="52">
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<taxonomicName id="8624C80C7809CBB7E5812CEE15BC02A9" ID-CoL="4PW9B" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="52" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anomala">Pterocryptis anomala (Herre, 1933)</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="412A83ED94909BD4F7D2BC1CD96B2548" pageNumber="52">(Fig. 1)</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="86C2B0B4231F563136907BD57FEA4DD7" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:79274A8B-D86F-4F1B-B877-772FB2304A51" family="Siluridae" genus="Herklotsella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Herklotsella anomala Herre 1934:179" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="52" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anomala">Herklotsella anomala Herre, 1933</taxonomicName>
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: 179 (type locality: Hong Kong).
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<taxonomicName id="41BE634B85D3A755B3AD8B17541E0705" family="Siluridae" genus="Parasilurus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="52" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cochinchinensis">Parasilurus cochinchinensis</taxonomicName>
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(non Valenciennes) - Nichols, 1928: 5 (in part); Nichols, 1943: 35, fig. 5 (in part).
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<taxonomicName id="D50B391B457FEE51ACAAC8F71AE1C48D" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:501021B2-17CA-45E9-AF78-F142C362F7DE" family="Siluridae" genus="Silurus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Silurus wynaadensis Day 1873:237" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="52" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wynaadensis">Silurus wynaadensis</taxonomicName>
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(non Day) - Tchang, 1936: 35, figs. 1-2; Tchang, 1960: 9, fig. 4.
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<paragraph id="E9D3F7F2B6AD9030E9082ABE5294AB35" pageNumber="52">
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<taxonomicName id="77A6BF92B48DF297AB1F1B9A27758047" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:FE1F956D-2990-47A6-AAE7-866B308AE3F6" family="Siluridae" genus="Silurus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Silurus sinensis Hora 1937:343" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="52" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinensis">Silurus sinensis</taxonomicName>
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(non La
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<normalizedToken id="368E4E6C3DF88B08049BEFC652E4D291" originalValue="Cepède">Cepede</normalizedToken>
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, non McClelland) Hora, 1937: 341
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(type locality: Lunchow [=Longzhou],
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)
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.
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<paragraph id="E7EF62104A2BA88B888EB2746E2E5959" pageNumber="52">
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<taxonomicName id="50E4E57E652671C5016C9D9322B020F8" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:2913D5B3-7E5A-4394-997E-F7FBDDF02C84" family="Siluridae" genus="Silurus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Silurus gilberti Hora 1938:243" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="52" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gilberti">Silurus gilberti Hora, 1938</taxonomicName>
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: 351 (replacement name for
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<taxonomicName id="BE1AAEB069DAC061DD0E614AEC415D5F" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:FE1F956D-2990-47A6-AAE7-866B308AE3F6" family="Siluridae" genus="Silurus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Silurus sinensis Hora 1937:343" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="52" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinensis">S. sinensis Hora, 1937</taxonomicName>
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); Haig, 1952: 100; Chen, 1977: 201, pl. 1 fig. 1; Yue, 1981: 177, fig. 146; Kobayakawa, 1989: 163, fig. 17; Dai, 1989: 271, fig. 206; Dai, 1999: 79, fig. 39.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7A30DC38530BFAEAD7B16C0486DB237D" pageNumber="52">
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<taxonomicName id="DFA024085C044E01AF03A43260938A88" family="Siluridae" genus="Parasilurus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="52" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anomalus">Parasilurus anomalus</taxonomicName>
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- Man & Hodgkiss, 1981: 49.
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<paragraph id="EF28A462EA08E5FEE62744A8A8C5F634" pageNumber="52">
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<taxonomicName id="93B507E6F78909EBE3CDCC9AD5918ABB" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4E7BB782-F417-4168-BF88-1B718D8CD2A8" family="Siluridae" genus="Silurus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Silurus cochinchinensis Valenciennes 1840:352" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="52" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cochinchinensis">Silurus cochinchinensis</taxonomicName>
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(non Valenciennes) - Haig, 1952: 99 (in part); Chen, 1977: 202, pl. 1 fig. 2; Yue, 1981: 178, fig. 147; Chen, 1984: 389, Fig. 263; Dai, 1989: 272, fig. 207; Liu, 1990: 288, fig. 174 (in part); Chong & Dudgeon, 1992: 92; Dai, 1999: 81, fig. 41 (in part).
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Material.
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126769,
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, 158.3 mm SL;
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<collectingRegion id="55BAFCA0D10CCED1534AF1B98874092F">Hong Kong</collectingRegion>
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market.
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114841 (2
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), 105.7-126.9 mm SL; data as for holotype.
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<materialsCitation id="CB90C9CFE10A285774298E4EB6348FAA" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923887541" country="China" stateProvince="Fujian province">
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<collectionCode id="BB15C44A403FD49F36DEAB8B38B6F280" collectionName="USA, New York, New York, American Museum of Natural History">AMNH</collectionCode>
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10404 (36), 26.5-123.5 mm SL;
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<collectingCountry id="DF45C8C2B5FE8DA2184487F8C504E78A">China</collectingCountry>
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:
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<collectingRegion id="BA3BC72C14D37518335ED9F04E43A2BB">Fujian province</collectingRegion>
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, vicinity of Nanping,
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<materialsCitation id="2E8B3D67544CEF85E06B5673A17B70A7" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923887544" country="China" stateProvince="Fujian province">
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<collectionCode id="6FF6BCD5390B3FF30EF5C01F131DDA20" collectionName="USA, New York, New York, American Museum of Natural History">AMNH</collectionCode>
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12142 (38), 47.6-171.1 mm SL
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;
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<materialsCitation id="CB5D165486F7923F284585A55F9AF209" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923887542" country="China" stateProvince="Fujian province">
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<collectionCode id="F0AC40C27059D4055B107983EE9BE690" collectionName="USA, New York, New York, American Museum of Natural History">AMNH</collectionCode>
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233617, 170.8 mm SL;
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<collectingCountry id="B30F95F4982172EF64A2242B7782B7DF">China</collectingCountry>
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:
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<collectingRegion id="72A72161EAA7E35418C469326981BB5D">Fujian province</collectingRegion>
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, Fuqing, Shizhu valley,
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<materialsCitation id="E9D7DB817C20628DD9221F0FD3DB34B8" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923887543" country="China" stateProvince="Guangxi province">
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<collectionCode id="D5DC072331B992B1EEEC938453262F16" collectionName="ASIZB">ASIZB</collectionCode>
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72972 (1), 119.7 mm SL;
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<collectingCountry id="9A3B787C59E4844EBF60A78214E480B7">China</collectingCountry>
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:
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<collectingRegion id="1A482585A94C19E9B0BBF6BAC4BDF9E9">Guangxi province</collectingRegion>
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, Damingshan Nature Reserve,
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<materialsCitation id="6CD8FDA7A2F540E29496FB118DF81650" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923887549" country="China" stateProvince="Jiangxi province">
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<collectionCode id="BB52F31DE42921B2240B1798DEBBAB6C" collectionName="ASIZB">ASIZB</collectionCode>
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72973 (1), 62.1 mm SL;
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<collectingCountry id="1792C7FA8231FDE93BCF91036ABE47A0">China</collectingCountry>
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:
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<collectingRegion id="B39B985DDAE70FE33D14AF0C60841492">Jiangxi province</collectingRegion>
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, Jiulianshan Nature Reserve, 570 m a.s.l.,
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<materialsCitation id="3E9C45D5D94D06964322079C7BBA79B7" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923887546" country="China" stateProvince="Guangdong province">
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<collectionCode id="2D9CE009043F1C0D3E5CFD7355E53E68" collectionName="ASIZB">ASIZB</collectionCode>
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72974 (1), 78.6 mm SL;
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<collectingCountry id="4CC30F5A8E7FF4D2E8484F1E85B3C272">China</collectingCountry>
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:
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<collectingRegion id="369D37103457E81FBFF215AD034B4EA2">Guangdong province</collectingRegion>
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, Chebaling Nature Reserve, 520 m a.s.l.,
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,
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<date id="98DC75A2B522F0372A35134DE7039AF8" day="17" month="08" value="2000-08-17" year="2000">17 Aug 2000</date>
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.
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<materialsCitation id="3138A22065338CE3444D6FED66EB850D" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923887545" country="China" stateProvince="Guangxi province">
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<collectionCode id="FA1D9B0193AC075F8176661F9407167A" collectionName="ASIZB">ASIZB</collectionCode>
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72975 (1), 104.4 mm SL;
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<collectingCountry id="6EDBA11AF4E2042C6BDAC6F88745F462">China</collectingCountry>
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:
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<collectingRegion id="324CFAABC9157AD484195BA74D69CFD4">Guangxi province</collectingRegion>
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, Damingshan Nature Reserve,
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<geoCoordinate id="1D324504FD57E2C26B52700401578538" direction="east" orientation="longitude" value="108.433334">108°26’E</geoCoordinate>
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.
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</materialsCitation>
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<materialsCitation id="407525D46728EE2E936E411822D9B603" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923887550" country="China" stateProvince="Hong Kong">
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<collectionCode id="C1F319A591BE75687C7715C8AC1F8172" collectionName="USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences">CAS</collectionCode>
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<date id="E458DA9DB77B96018355AF354E692D8F" day="13" month="03" value="71-03-13" year="71">130371</date>
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(1), 89.5 mm SL
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</materialsCitation>
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;
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<materialsCitation id="E1968EB05586718725C9158A3F122294" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923887548" country="China" stateProvince="Hong Kong">
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<collectionCode id="5913EEC3D11194A99ED2A5A17C28DEA7" collectionName="USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences">CAS</collectionCode>
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<date id="EE82C920337FA9D8A4321E76A063A1AB" day="13" month="16" value="59-16-13" year="59">131659</date>
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(1), 132.0 mm SL;
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<collectingRegion id="AFC3B16DEFCCB2DD8FD438283C6F8982">Hong Kong</collectingRegion>
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.
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</materialsCitation>
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<materialsCitation id="ED01261E58AFB17BB20607E3440C9B74" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923887551" country="China" stateProvince="Hong Kong: New Territories">
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<collectionCode id="8572F7BC1505EAB419988AB0A778A8D4" collectionName="HKU">HKU</collectionCode>
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283 (1), 96.7 mm SL;
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<collectingRegion id="FCC16DBE6D46C88C9294B27FB70E02A0">Hong Kong: New Territories</collectingRegion>
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, Lau Shui Heung.
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<materialsCitation id="4B5EC429AEA1AEF02FF002C9AB7EDF8D" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923887552" country="China" stateProvince="Hong Kong: New Territories">
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<collectionCode id="F29877E08BD59B7DDA23437B3A85DD69" collectionName="HKU">HKU</collectionCode>
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284 (1), 114.8 mm SL;
|
||
<collectingRegion id="1C2E125852ACA4236EFAEE1C99ED74A6">Hong Kong: New Territories</collectingRegion>
|
||
, Ho Chung.
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation id="2F1286AA6EC742FE666D2EBE8142679F" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923887547" country="China" stateProvince="Hong Kong">
|
||
<collectionCode id="7E0E4BE418FAD88819E15291A8BB29E5" collectionName="HKU">HKU</collectionCode>
|
||
285287 (3), 99.6-160.6 mm SL;
|
||
<collectingRegion id="53586CFEF116E14F004362C31A3C66A1">Hong Kong</collectingRegion>
|
||
: Lantau Island, Tong Fuk.
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation id="F1348ABAE46511C18BA1C34D4E14BBB5" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923887553" country="China" stateProvince="Hong Kong">
|
||
<collectionCode id="4625A04B7EDA67E9CD911C17DF78B6A0" collectionName="HKU">HKU</collectionCode>
|
||
288 (1), 110.4 mm SL;
|
||
<collectingRegion id="34138F9E5A7DC9279ADEC80EC6EB73CB">Hong Kong</collectingRegion>
|
||
: Lantau Island, Sha Lo Wan.
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation id="51D3C6F492DBC8964D2EE94963D23969" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923887558" country="China" stateProvince="Hong Kong: New Territories">
|
||
<collectionCode id="7A34DBABF305F28B3D7FD80E224FFD0F" collectionName="HKU">HKU</collectionCode>
|
||
289 (1), 53.7 mm SL;
|
||
<collectingRegion id="433D074C53F478F987B860B6A3C92B36">Hong Kong: New Territories</collectingRegion>
|
||
, Lam Tsuen.
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation id="F83725B379E09C621877DD0C69BD1A1E" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923887555" country="China" stateProvince="Guangdong province">
|
||
<collectionCode id="6AD7C8E8F273926DDDC4C48C2741DE05" collectionName="KFBG">KFBG</collectionCode>
|
||
281 (1), 127.5 mm SL;
|
||
<collectingCountry id="7E9040CDB43FD43B60157C29BFD4979C">China</collectingCountry>
|
||
:
|
||
<collectingRegion id="751B10E4B52506D3C3725ADD6A95DEE0">Guangdong province</collectingRegion>
|
||
, Nanling Nature Reserve, Longtanjiao station, 350 m a.s.l.,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="3319DF5199C907CCA2D950B928B8B946">25°0'</geoCoordinate>
|
||
’N
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="DA33017555C9A0E2668A98007306F7EE" direction="east" orientation="longitude" value="112.0">112°0’E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
.
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation id="6FDE9FCA7ED283071788220692C9C9E1" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923887556" country="China" stateProvince="Guangdong province">
|
||
<collectionCode id="01CBCA01D39B7200412E38CF47188B44" collectionName="KFBG">KFBG</collectionCode>
|
||
287 (1), 96.2 mm SL;
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F8EC1469B7C2C981B1F10E7D97891A9D">China</collectingCountry>
|
||
:
|
||
<collectingRegion id="8C2F979AA595C4D02C483372F5443D16">Guangdong province</collectingRegion>
|
||
, Guanyinshan Nature Reserve, 300 m a.s.l.,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="83CF6B5BD6B331E958AC2C450B7FDAC4" direction="north" orientation="latitude" value="23.966667">23°58’N</geoCoordinate>
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="BE4FF5D8A49A792689CDA070E0581BF1" direction="east" orientation="longitude" value="113.5">113°30’E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
.
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation id="2819A8176215227223DDDACB2717B06D" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923887557" country="China" stateProvince="Hong Kong: New Territories">
|
||
<collectionCode id="16BE00AAAE8F40F4B80294C2E4D6C9E3" collectionName="Singapore, National University of Singapore, Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, Zoological Reference Collection">ZRC</collectionCode>
|
||
45958 (1), 121.4 mm SL;
|
||
<collectingRegion id="D51DD19B693F14A1B4AD97AAE4C893CB">Hong Kong: New Territories</collectingRegion>
|
||
, Tai Shui Hang.
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation id="073D5A35346154113774969F4EAC61CD" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923887554" country="China" stateProvince="Guizhou province">
|
||
<collectionCode id="F2133F4B55DA821D9F8B08E8DC09FB18" collectionName="USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]">USNM</collectionCode>
|
||
293933 (1), 68.5 mm SL;
|
||
<collectingCountry id="0DDCF2E5578B9D3E5AB05D558CF3C7F2">China</collectingCountry>
|
||
:
|
||
<collectingRegion id="0D69AAFFA251EC880E38798616CB24D9">Guizhou province</collectingRegion>
|
||
, Beipanjiang.
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="76871A66E411D679AF50C55E20A86E7D" type="diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph id="9A975E301EF2D9D4517D6B4456C8782E" pageNumber="53">
|
||
Diagnosis.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="0CBB1BCB2D51ED7C37D0C3A4C9AEF909" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="53" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anomala">Pterocryptis anomala</taxonomicName>
|
||
can be distinguished from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="EA644B39C5133BB23455821537D3C5FF" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="53" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cochinchinensis">P. cochinchinensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
, the only other congener found in southern China, in having a small conical papilla in both sexes (vs. long conical papilla in male
|
||
<taxonomicName id="051D993E8538C1671B7CE88DF0300A03" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="53" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cochinchinensis">P. cochinchinensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
and large leaf-shaped papilla in female
|
||
<taxonomicName id="56A388897332185BF64B38868DD52D3B" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="53" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cochinchinensis">P. cochinchinensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
; Fig. 2), and a deeper caudal peduncle (7.2-9.7% SL vs. 6.2- 7.6). The key characters distinguishing
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D36E7F0DBB034B9C5F90F0C70AC72F19" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="53" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anomala">P. anomala</taxonomicName>
|
||
from other congeners are presented in Table 1.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="44CD1078EB18177AD51C48C78321F456" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="137C16CE24EC35CB05F99AC2417549CF" pageNumber="53">Description. Biometric data is given in Table 2. Body laterally compressed. Head somewhat depressed. Dorsal profile straight, descending gently from dorsal-fin origin to snout tip. Anterior profile of snout rounded. Anterior pair of nostrils tubular and anteromedial to maxillary barbel base. Posterior pair of nostrils bordered by fleshy dorsal and ventral membranes and situated posteromedial to maxillary barbel base. Eyes small, subcutaneous; located in anterior half of head; visible dorsally, but not ventrally.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="2BC16A29FB72979F66B0AD67ED7A9D49" pageNumber="53">Mouth subterminal; gape horizontal or very slightly oblique. Well-developed rictal fold present, consisting of large and fleshy upper lobe joined at corner of mouth with lower lobe; lower lobe subtended by short submandibular groove.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="6411489FF83BAD5794850E2FF5F4AD19" lastPageNumber="54" pageNumber="53">Teeth villiform. Dentary teeth in slightly curved, elongate bands narrowing posteriorly, reaching from symphysis almost to mouth corners; premaxillary teeth in broader, slightly curved rectangular bands; vomerine teeth in a single crescent-shaped band.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="0F33BF4700671E1B50C7ED588EE8AFB0" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="A2E9A56912568FB91D152C83DD0DB405" pageNumber="54">Maxillary barbels slightly flattened, reaching to anterior third of anal fin. One pair of mandibular barbels present; located slightly anterolateral to gular fold; barbels flattened for most of length, reaching to middle of pectoral-fin base.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="9C1FFAC915225FE6C1B190F227873BEE" pageNumber="54">Gill membranes separate and overlapping, free from isthmus. Branchiostegal rays 9 (3), 10 (35), 11 (18), 12 (4) or 14 (1). Gill rakers short, anteriormost rakers on lower first arch small and widely spaced; 2+4 (6), 1+6 (3), 2+5 (9) 2+6 (1), 3+5 (8), 4+5 (1) or 3+7 (1).</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="099DBA22B2D66FE146D14A7528E45154" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="663B70B5766D638029FA3FF0D85B974E" lastPageNumber="56" pageNumber="55">Distal margin of dorsal fin pointed, with i,2,i (50) or i,3,i (11) rays; segments of first ray not co-ossified to form spine. Distal margin of pectoral fin broadly convex, with 9 (1), 10 (5), 11 (46) or 12 (9) rays. Segments of the proximal two-thirds of first pectoral-fin element co-ossified, forming spine. Pectoral spine and articulated segments sexually dimorphic in mature individuals. Spine in males with broad and somewhat flattened dorsoventrally, with 5-9 serrations on posterior edge, increasing in size distally; proximal articulated segments with 0-6 serrations on posterior edge. Spine in females or juveniles slender, with 0-7 small serrations on posterior edge, and 0-3 serrations on posterior edges of proximal articulated segments. Distal margin of pelvic fin convex, with i,6,i (44) or i,7,i (17) rays. Distal margin of anal fin straight, with 59 (7), 60 (4), 61 (10), 62 (6), 63 (9) 64 (4), 65 (3), 66 (8), 67 (5), 68 (3) or 69 (2) rays; joined to caudal fin for length of last anal-fin ray. Integument over anal fin thickened proximally for slightly more than half of ray lengths; fin-ray erector muscles extending along anterior edges of anal-fin rays, ventralmost extent of muscles that of thickened integument. Caudal fin emarginate; principal rays i,6,6,i (34), i,6,7,i (25), i,7,6,i (1) or i,7,7,i (1).</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="AB9D2C0EA696F499D858D28944501823" pageNumber="57">Urogenital papillae of both sexes located immediately posterior to anus. Males (9 specimens examined, 78.2-171.1 mm SL) with a small conical papilla; females (16 specimens examined, 62.1-144.8 mm SL) with a similar shaped, but smaller, slightly broader papilla.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="C66C8EDF963A3BD5B7200879571FD128" pageNumber="57">Vertebrae 14+39=53 (1), 13+41=54 (2), 14+40=54 (5), 15+39=54 (1), 13+42=55 (1), 14+41=55 (7), 15+40=55 (9), 14+42=56 (4), 15+41=56 (19), 16+40=56 (3), 14+43=57 (2), 15+42=57 (5) or 16+41=57 (2).</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D51C1E0463C70FE442F350879F273D8B" pageNumber="57">Coloration. In 70% ethanol: flanks and thickened integument over anal fin pale brown, with indistinct randomly distributed irregular dark patches. Dorsal surface and sides of head uniformly brown. Ventral surfaces of head, breast and belly yellow with scattered melanophores; melanophores less dense ventral to level of eye. Maxillary and mandibular barbels brown, fading to yellow distally. Anal fin with hyaline ventral margin. Caudal, pectoral and pelvic fins hyaline, with occasional small dark-brown spots.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="DA3116AE603DDC190F454F1C731B60FD" pageNumber="57">Colour in life similar, except for more variation (yellow, brown or greenish) and lack of dark patches on dorsal surface and sides of head (Fig. 3).</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="CB065EAC97028F64AEC766050B961341" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="241D5FDE2F7984B3CDDCE7D46AF38DA0" pageNumber="57">Distribution. Minjiang and Zhujiang (Pearl River) drainages southwards to the streams draining the territory of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Fig. 4). In Hong Kong, the species occurs in the New Territories (adjoining the coast of southeastern China) and Lantau Island. This species is not known from Hong Kong Island.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="6BEFDFC4A15B85B9080627E72C6D7B3C" type="biology_ecology">
|
||
<paragraph id="4D43243EF4D449174163D80E937A0D52" lastPageNumber="58" pageNumber="57">
|
||
Habitat and ecology.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3207F660876D0CE68D2364DF7476D453" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anomala">Pterocryptis anomala</taxonomicName>
|
||
is found in habitats from sea level to at least 760 m a.s.l. (M. Lau, pers. comm. to BPLC). It prefers boulder-strewn, fast-flowing streams with step-pool formation. The fish are largely nocturnal and hides amongst rocks and submerged plant roots during the day, but can be seen during overcast days or in shaded stream pools. When active,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="87AC54780EA92EABEA0D41A3CF855EE9" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anomala">P. anomala</taxonomicName>
|
||
hovers near the streambed searching for small invertebrates. Stream water in Hong Kong is typically soft, slightly acidic, with a conductivity of less than 50µs/cm, and dissolved oxygen level between 0.4-1.0 mg/L (BPLC, unpubl. data). Fish species typically found syntopically with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="160AE42ED175E1AE5E0154F036C5DFE0" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anomala">P. anomala</taxonomicName>
|
||
include
|
||
<taxonomicName id="11C575CE515764AC397CF6E158BB5BED" family="Cyprinidae" genus="Parazacco" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="spilurus" subSpecies="spilurus">Parazacco spilurus spilurus</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D33529B5DC5E57FC8C2931F348092063" genus="Psuedograstromyzon" pageNumber="57" rank="species" species="myersi">Psuedograstromyzon myersi</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5AD608DFC0DA150B136B3789596783C0" family="Balitoridae" genus="Liniparhomaloptera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="disparis" subSpecies="disparis">Liniparhomaloptera disparis disparis</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="0C35219B1BD428412BF73913B0E03127" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Schistura" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fasciolata">Schistura fasciolata</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="486E79667B534E508F6616D4D74F7FBA" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D1DDFAA8-0629-41BE-A103-BD1B3596114E" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Oreonectes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Oreonectes platycephalus Günther 1868:369" order="Cypriniformes" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="platycephalus">Oreonectes platycephalus</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D11C64E4CD5795D8E6D29555F12796DB" family="Gobiidae" genus="Rhinogobius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="duospilus">Rhinogobius duospilus</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="1CDC170054A4867F7B780A726F7D604D" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="064E78349C4C6E658E59B316544F893E" pageNumber="58">Discussion</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="7E9A96ECA2FC36F91FE1228E6319132B" pageNumber="58">
|
||
In the original description of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="2C794214B710623B30967C8ED6AA35BA" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="58" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anomala">P. anomala</taxonomicName>
|
||
, the lack of pelvic fins in the
|
||
<typeStatus id="056E21A05BE55E9A148FA1BD5834D0DC">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
was the basis of its placement in a separate genus (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="20C49ECABC6A115BC3C46ACF75389262" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:94F7810A-2A3B-408C-B36A-1740918B0FFC" family="Siluridae" genus="Herklotsella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Herklotsella Herre 1934:179" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="58" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Herklotsella</taxonomicName>
|
||
). Since then, Bornbusch (1991) found that the lack of pelvic fins is a teratology that commonly occurs in the Siluridae. In previous studies (see below), the validity of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="0984CA2FD50A35BC2D32FF551BC2FB0B" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="58" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anomala">P. anomala</taxonomicName>
|
||
has not been discussed in detail. Kobayakawa (1989) did not mention this species; Bornbusch (1991) noted this omission but did not further discuss the status of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8C88D863A5704D6272DAF45B19AD4C82" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="58" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anomala">P. anomala</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Most recently, Ng & Freyhof (2001) tentatively considered
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B280C19BADBC4BBACBA5FAE0F5A91DDC" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="58" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anomala">P. anomala</taxonomicName>
|
||
a junior synonym of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8B990E6670958FCF842808D874DC45BB" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="58" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cochinchinensis">P. cochinchinensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
following Haig (1952) and Chen (1977). Our examination of material from Hong Kong and southern China shows that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="769D541260D508DCD26AD805FD4A766F" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="58" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anomala">P. anomala</taxonomicName>
|
||
is not conspecific with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B39ED22ECEF5EA4761AA066EAC8C7205" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="58" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cochinchinensis">P. cochinchinensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
and is a distinct species.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="2B19C23D4F438FFD9F2E897FBBBE9738" pageNumber="59">
|
||
Our study shows that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="92A82A8051D67434110D64CA09BBC83E" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cochinchinensis">Pterocryptis cochinchinensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
is found only in Hainan Island, southern China and central Vietnam (we could not find any clear differences between the populations in these places).
|
||
<taxonomicName id="583344EFE549578E4005D56EE49AEC85" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cochinchinensis">Pterocryptis cochinchinensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
is a distinctive species easily diagnosed by the large genital papilla of both sexes compared to the size of the genital papilla in congeners. Although we have not examined a significant amount of material from the Red River drainage, we suggest that previous records of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FCA3CB4EDD38FCA7FD5763206B6C8E4A" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cochinchinensis">P. cochinchinensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
from the Red River drainage to refer to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="C71EB96CD58817FC0D9C87D92143551C" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:2CE9ED1A-44A8-497F-969D-962E4C9657C8" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pterocryptis verecunda Ng & Freyhof 2001:636" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verecunda">P. verecunda</taxonomicName>
|
||
instead of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F9C5567ECB68553F81A5DF2A8A7B5E3B" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anomala">P. anomala</taxonomicName>
|
||
(based on the known distributions of the species). Furthermore, it is highly likely that material identified as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0F396A7451C930C46660E30ED42B3E2" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gilberti">P. gilberti</taxonomicName>
|
||
from the Red River drainage in northern Vietnam by Mai (1978) refers to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D60425A24190B603B4D3D52F8E6F646E" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cucphuongensis">P. cucphuongensis</taxonomicName>
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, as evidenced by the relatively low anal-fin ray count reported (53-59 vs. 51-54 previously recorded for
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<taxonomicName id="CEA0AB8968A5B4432AD5FBD00392FA74" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cucphuongensis">P. cucphuongensis</taxonomicName>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="D1861CC6354CBA4BF6320902734D56AE" pageNumber="59">
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The diagnostic characters (number of mandibular barbels, shapes of genital papillae and degree of fusion of anal and caudal fins) found useful in distinguishing
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<taxonomicName id="89DF262B125E8A431A87F781DCF42CD5" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3885C1A0-95D6-4FDB-8674-45214D2C4EE6" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pterocryptis Peters 1861:712" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Pterocryptis</taxonomicName>
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have been discussed by Ng & Freyhof (2001) in their review of Vietnamese
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||
<taxonomicName id="F2130627A33B769EBB3B5802C069A459" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3885C1A0-95D6-4FDB-8674-45214D2C4EE6" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pterocryptis Peters 1861:712" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Pterocryptis</taxonomicName>
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||
. Our study of the Chinese
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8F236422B12D9930327C91FDBF43DE04" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3885C1A0-95D6-4FDB-8674-45214D2C4EE6" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pterocryptis Peters 1861:712" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Pterocryptis</taxonomicName>
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||
casts doubt on the utility of the number of mandibular barbels as a diagnostic character, however. It has been recognized that the outer mandibular barbels in some silurid genera (including
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7586F6FD768E27951E3F342210375F7C" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3885C1A0-95D6-4FDB-8674-45214D2C4EE6" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pterocryptis Peters 1861:712" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Pterocryptis</taxonomicName>
|
||
) regress ontogenetically (Atoda 1935; Majumdar, 1951; Parameswaran et al., 1971; Xie, 1989; Bornbusch, 1995), but Ng & Freyhof (2001) considered the number of mandibular barbels useful as a diagnostic character when comparing specimens of at least 75 mm SL. Our examination of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="808D0BB840B50610EC44856DDDC3A5A7" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cochinchinensis">P. cochinchinensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
reveals that there are individuals larger than 75 mm SL with two pairs of mandibular barbels (
|
||
<collectionCode id="C8ED4DB3AD42ED6F9DC69E3334DAC413" collectionName="KFBG">KFBG</collectionCode>
|
||
250,
|
||
<collectionCode id="62324326CC0AD9B25D4F2C3E2C99CA10" collectionName="KFBG">KFBG</collectionCode>
|
||
251 and
|
||
<collectionCode id="1986934A47B4A69B55D6342C4F0CE961" collectionName="KFBG">KFBG</collectionCode>
|
||
278). No other differences could be found between the individuals with two pairs of mandibular barbels and others from Hainan Island with one pair of mandibular barbels, so we consider all of this material to be conspecific. Although we have not been able to examine
|
||
<taxonomicName id="65443D38A19FF9BEAE1AC7E4E91F5EFC" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3885C1A0-95D6-4FDB-8674-45214D2C4EE6" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pterocryptis Peters 1861:712" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Pterocryptis</taxonomicName>
|
||
larger than 75 mm SL from mainland southern China with two pairs of mandibular barbels [the only specimen available to us is one of 68.5 mm SL (
|
||
<collectionCode id="BA77C6735BB5FF4894457CF26C7DE10B" collectionName="USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]">USNM</collectionCode>
|
||
293933)], the single specimen with two pairs of mandibular barbels is not otherwise distinguishable from congeners collected from southeastern China (with one pair of mandibular barbels).
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89DEEE34AA691B323E32DDEF0A720EAA" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3885C1A0-95D6-4FDB-8674-45214D2C4EE6" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pterocryptis Peters 1861:712" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Pterocryptis</taxonomicName>
|
||
with two pairs of mandibular barbels have long thought to be a distinct species,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="CAA55645E7806A7BFEE54361674C19B3" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gilberti">P. gilberti</taxonomicName>
|
||
(e.g. Dai, 1999). As noted above, we were otherwise unable to distinguish between material identified as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="9568331A179FA587BC908B1678607EDE" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anomala">P. anomala</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="04706ECFD68CC1E97BA7D2473784BA95" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gilberti">P. gilberti</taxonomicName>
|
||
(save for number of mandibular barbels). We also note here that Chen (1977) mentioned that material with two pairs of mandibular barbels has a shorter head (14.6-16.1% SL vs. 16.8-17.6), but because we are unable to verify this, we tentatively concur with Ni & Wu (1986) in placing
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E1FF4C6BB49DAB0C3BD0DA6D0EF997A0" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gilberti">P. gilberti</taxonomicName>
|
||
in synonymy with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="BD46EB8073FC25BDF908BADC62F2EDCE" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anomala">P. anomala</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="79EE33EB64B3FA2873BE5AF6CE5F8F77" lastPageNumber="60" pageNumber="59">
|
||
Although we have established that variation in the number of mandibular barbels in individuals larger than 75 mm SL exists in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="03177AC41878C52A890326026BFEE6E9" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cochinchinensis">P. cochinchinensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
, it is difficult to extrapolate this to other species. This is primarily because all other congeners diagnosed in having two pairs of mandibular barbels (i.e.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="0AE67160E745121223B0A9B1C4B304B8" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bokorensis">P. bokorensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FF922F8BFDA79DC00F9910373C1D1FF0" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0F9CFD7B-3A14-4C57-B8CB-3FD556BB808B" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pterocryptis buccata Ng & Kottelat 1998:394" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="buccata">P. buccata</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="9EF269D5EDE1E42C37BCA71A1471C92A" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="burmanensis">P. burmanensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D199250CFCC4594E187FE39662A1518B" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cucphuongensis">P. cucphuongensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B66877DBA353EE6B6EE695AD8BBB26A1" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicus">P. indicus</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="07B32B85FE2CC4C76DD53ADB24912427" family="Siluridae" genus="Pterocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="59" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wynaadensis">P. wynaadensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
) are known from very little material (not more than five specimens in each case). These six species have been traditionally diagnosed by the number of mandibular barbels, but in the light of these difficulties, we tentatively regard the six species mentioned above as valid, but have refrained from using the number of mandibular barbels to diagnose them.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
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