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(
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)
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916CA2572FCA2603FED3137E" box="[151,361,1810,1832]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Acanthocobitis botia</emphasis>
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(non
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):
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<bibRefCitation id="D7014B29916CA2572D042603FCB0137E" author="Kottelat" box="[601,778,1810,1832]" firstAuthor="Kottelat" page="29" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" refId="ref3883" refString="Kottelat, M. (1990) Indochinese nemacheilines. A revision of nemacheiline loaches (Pisces: Cypriniformes) of Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia and southern Viet Nam. Pfeil, Munchen, 262 pp." type="book" year="1990">Kottelat 1990: 29</bibRefCitation>
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(in part; Mae Khlong)
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.
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, 71.8 mm SL;
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:
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: stream 'Chon Son' between
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, about
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northwest
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of
<location id="B64F6003916CA2572D7C2668FD1913C7" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:3B3987CE916CA2512FCA27B6FDA312C1:B64F6003916CA2572D7C2668FD1913C7" box="[545,675,1913,1937]" country="Myanmar" latitude="15.416667" longLatPrecision="1285" longitude="98.25" municipality="Kayin State" name="Payathouzu" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Payathouzu</location>
(at border with Thailand near Chedi Sam Ong, Three Pagoda Pass); approx
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;
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,
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<collectingDate id="D76AE9F0916CA2572D67268CFD4A13E3" box="[570,752,1949,1973]" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" value="2002-12">December 2002</collectingDate>
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.
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916DA2562FCA261CFEA91375" bold="true" box="[151,275,1805,1828]" pageId="1" pageNumber="46">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="74904D5B916DA2562E47261FFE441372" box="[282,510,1806,1828]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Acanthocobitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" pageId="1" pageNumber="46" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pictilis">
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; Myanmar: Ataran drainage;
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CMK 17777, 56.6 mm SL;
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MHNG 2727.066, holotype, 71.8 mm SL.
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<typeStatus id="6C2B887A916DA2562F9A267BFEFB13D4" box="[199,321,1898,1922]" pageId="1" pageNumber="46" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
.
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<materialsCitation id="03F83C85916DA2562E0C2678FAC313F0" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3443614303" collectingDate="2002-06" country="Myanmar" latitude="15.3" longitude="98.3" pageId="1" pageNumber="46">
CMK 17509, 5, 65.480.0 mm SL;
<collectingCountry id="CB877648916DA2562DA5267BFCD313D4" box="[760,873,1898,1922]" name="Myanmar" pageId="1" pageNumber="46">Myanmar</collectingCountry>
: Zami drainage near Kyandaw, approx.
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<geoCoordinate id="D6A4501F916DA2562FCA269FFF4A13F0" box="[151,240,1934,1958]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="1" pageNumber="46" precision="925" value="98.3">98°18'E</geoCoordinate>
[Kyandaw is about
<quantity id="74689B3D916DA2562E88269FFDA413F0" box="[469,542,1934,1958]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="1" pageNumber="46" unit="km" value="20.0">20 km</quantity>
northwest of Chedi Sam Ong (Three Pagoda Pass)]; K. Kubota,
<date id="C72E1018916DA2562BA3269EFACF13F0" box="[1278,1397,1934,1958]" pageId="1" pageNumber="46" value="2002-06">June 2002</date>
.
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<materialsCitation id="03F83C85916DA2562FCA26A3FB5F139C" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3443614310" box="[151,1253,1970,1994]" collectionCode="MHNG" country="Myanmar" pageId="1" pageNumber="46" typeStatus="holotype">
<collectionCode id="D581AE1D916DA2562FCA26A3FF57139C" box="[151,237,1970,1994]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/2jyg-xmd2" name="Museum d'Histoire Naturelle" pageId="1" pageNumber="46">MHNG</collectionCode>
2727.067, 2;
<collectionCode id="D581AE1D916DA2562EDA26A3FE07139C" box="[391,445,1970,1994]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/16z4-1tbx" name="Zoological Reference Collection, National University of Singapore" pageId="1" pageNumber="46">ZRC</collectionCode>
53376, 1; CMK 17777, 5; 55.663.1 mm SL; same data as
<typeStatus id="6C2B887A916DA2562B0726A3FB7A139C" box="[1114,1216,1970,1994]" pageId="1" pageNumber="46" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
. —
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="03F83C85916DA2562BB126A3FC6B13B8" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3443614313" collectingDate="2003-06-01" country="Myanmar" pageId="1" pageNumber="46" typeStatus="holotype">
CMK 17967, 2, 64.164.3 mm SL; same locality as
<typeStatus id="6C2B887A916DA2562D6326C7FD1913B8" box="[574,675,2006,2030]" pageId="1" pageNumber="46" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
; K. Kubota,
<date id="C72E1018916DA2562C6626C7FC7713B8" box="[827,973,2006,2030]" pageId="1" pageNumber="46" value="2003-06-01">1 June 2003</date>
.
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<materialsCitation id="03F83C85916DA2552B5C26C7FB3314F9" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3443614304" collectingDate="2004-05-01" collectionCode="ZRC" country="Myanmar" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="47" pageId="1" pageNumber="46" typeStatus="holotype">
<collectionCode id="D581AE1D916DA2562B5C26C7FB8D13B8" box="[1025,1079,2006,2030]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/16z4-1tbx" name="Zoological Reference Collection, National University of Singapore" pageId="1" pageNumber="46">ZRC</collectionCode>
53377, 1, 77.1 mm SL; CMK 18429, 1, 91.5 mm SL; same locality as
<typeStatus id="6C2B887A916EA2552D032186FD7914F9" box="[606,707,151,175]" pageId="2" pageNumber="47" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
; M. Kottelat &amp; K. Kubota,
<date id="C72E1018916EA2552CA42186FB3F14F9" box="[1017,1157,151,176]" pageId="2" pageNumber="47" value="2004-05-01">1 May 2004</date>
.
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<materialsCitation id="03F83C85916EA2552BEE2186FC3414A1" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3443614316" collectingDate="1998-04-04" country="Thailand" latitude="14.659721" longitude="98.53389" pageId="2" pageNumber="47" stateProvince="Kanchanaburi Prov">
CMK 14601, 1, 69.6 mm SL;
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:
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.: Mae Nam Khwae Noi basin: Nam Khung near Ban Huai Pak Khung;
<geoCoordinate id="D6A4501F916EA2552FCA21CEFEA114A1" box="[151,283,223,247]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="2" pageNumber="47" precision="15" value="14.659721">14°39'35&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="D6A4501F916EA2552E7821CEFE1314A1" box="[293,425,223,247]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="2" pageNumber="47" precision="15" value="98.53389">98°32'02&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
; M. Kottelat &amp; K. Kubota,
<date id="C72E1018916EA2552DAC21CEFC3014A1" box="[753,906,223,247]" pageId="2" pageNumber="47" value="1998-04-04">4 April 1998</date>
.
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<materialsCitation id="03F83C85916EA2552CE321CEFDCF154A" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3443614311" collectingDate="2002-03-29" country="Thailand" pageId="2" pageNumber="47" stateProvince="Kanchanaburi Prov">
CMK 17249, 2, 63.069.8 mm SL; same locality; M. Kottelat et al.,
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.
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916EA2552FCA2742FEA8123F" bold="true" box="[151,274,1619,1642]" pageId="2" pageNumber="47">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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, lateral view of head;
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CMK 17509, 69.6 mm SL, male showing suborbital slit;
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MHNG 2727.066, 71.8 mm SL, holotype, female showing a suborbital fold.
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916EA2552F9A27BEFEFB129E" bold="true" box="[199,321,1711,1736]" pageId="2" pageNumber="47">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916EA2552E1627A1FDF3129E" box="[331,585,1712,1736]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="47">Acanthocobitis pictilis</emphasis>
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is distinguished from all other species of the genus by its colour pattern, especially the dark brown triangular saddles in the upper half of the body, strongly slanted anteriorly and becoming almost vertical posteriorly. In larger specimens, the median part of the saddles become paler and it may appear as a pair of dark brown lines. Other characters useful to distinguish the species, but not unique to it are: lateral line complete; 12½ or 13½ branched dorsal-fin rays; 8+8 or 7+8 branched caudal fin rays; males with deep slit on the cheek (
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a), extending from lower margin of eye to above base of posterior rostral barbel; 68 vertical lines or rows of spots on caudal fin; and 67 longitudinal lines or rows of spots on dorsal fin.
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916EA2552F9A26BAFEE31392" bold="true" box="[199,345,1963,1988]" pageId="2" pageNumber="47">Description.</emphasis>
See
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for general appearance and
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for morphometric data of
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and 16
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. A moderately elongate nemacheilid (sensu
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Šlechtová
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, 2007
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) with body depth increasing until slightly in front of dorsal-fin origin. Behind dorsal fin, body depth decreasing slowly to caudal-fin base. Head slightly compressed; body compressed. Largest recorded size 91.5 mm SL.
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916FA2542FCA2015FEB2154F" bold="true" box="[151,264,260,281]" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Morphometric data of
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, holotype and 16 paratypes (CMK 17519, 17777, 14601, 17249). Ranges include values of
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.
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<th id="4E715DE6916F5DA82FCA2042FE4E1637" box="[151,500,339,609]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">Standard lenth (mm) Total lenth (mm) In percent of standard length Total length Head length (dorsal)</th>
<th id="4E715DE6916F5DA82DD72042FC551637" box="[650,1007,339,609]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">Ataran drainage holotype range mean 71.8 55.880.0 89.2 68.1101.1 124.3 120.6127.1 124.2 21.8 20.823.4 22.2</th>
<th id="4E715DE6916F5DA82B672042FA271637" box="[1082,1437,339,609]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">Mae Khlong drainage 69.6 69.8 63.0 83.0 85.6 76.9 119.4 122.6 122.1 20.4 20.9 21.8</th>
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<th id="4E715DE6916F5DA82FCA2364FE4E16E2" box="[151,500,629,692]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">Head length (lateral) Predorsal length</th>
<td id="4E715DE6916F5DA82DD72364FC5516E2" box="[650,1007,629,692]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">24.0 22.724.9 24.2 47.0 45.247.4 46.6</td>
<td id="4E715DE6916F5DA82B672364FA2716E2" box="[1082,1437,629,692]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">22.4 23.8 24.1 44.9 45.6 47.0</td>
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<tr id="0DA0349A916F5DA82FCA23D9FA27170F" box="[151,1437,712,857]" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">
<th id="4E715DE6916F5DA82FCA23D9FE4E170F" box="[151,500,712,857]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">Prepelvic length Pre-anus length Pre-anal length Head depth</th>
<td id="4E715DE6916F5DA82DD723D9FC55170F" box="[650,1007,712,857]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">52.7 50.054.9 52.0 75.2 72.676.4 74.3 79.4 77.082.6 79.2 13.4 13.215.5 14.2</td>
<td id="4E715DE6916F5DA82B6723D9FA27170F" box="[1082,1437,712,857]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">49.9 51.1 53.0 71.3 72.4 72.8 76.9 76.4 79.4 12.9 14.1 14.6</td>
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<tr id="0DA0349A916F5DA82FCA227CFA2717FA" box="[151,1437,877,940]" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">
<th id="4E715DE6916F5DA82FCA227CFE4E17FA" box="[151,500,877,940]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">Body depth at dorsal-fin origin Depth of caudal peduncle</th>
<td id="4E715DE6916F5DA82DD7227CFC5517FA" box="[650,1007,877,940]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">17.2 17.223.0 19.4 13.0 12.914.5 13.5</td>
<td id="4E715DE6916F5DA82B67227CFA2717FA" box="[1082,1437,877,940]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">17.7 19.6 20.4 12.0 13.1 13.6</td>
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<th id="4E715DE6916F5DA82FCA22D1FE4E10F2" box="[151,500,960,1188]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">Length of caudal peduncle Snout length Maximum head width Body width at dorsal-fin origin Eye diameter Interorbital width</th>
<td id="4E715DE6916F5DA82DD722D1FC5510F2" box="[650,1007,960,1188]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">14.2 13.716.4 15.1 11.4 10.211.7 10.9 15.4 14.817.7 15.8 13.3 12.117.0 13.8 5.4 4.66.2 5.5 7.3 6.48.3 7.4</td>
<td id="4E715DE6916F5DA82B6722D1FA2710F2" box="[1082,1437,960,1188]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">15.5 15.8 14.8 10.7 11.0 10.9 14.6 15.6 16.0 12.1 13.1 14.2 5.2 4.5 5.4 6.5 7.6 6.9</td>
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<th id="4E715DE6916F5DA82FCA25A9FE4E111F" box="[151,500,1208,1353]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">Length of dorsal fin Length of upper caudal-fin lobe Length of median caudal-fin ray Length of lower caudal-fin lobe</th>
<td id="4E715DE6916F5DA82DD725A9FC55111F" box="[650,1007,1208,1353]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">19.5 15.720.9 19.1 23.4 22.125.1 23.3 22.5 19.625.0 22.2 24.8 21.725.7 24.3</td>
<td id="4E715DE6916F5DA82B6725A9FA27111F" box="[1082,1437,1208,1353]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">18.0 18.4 18.4 20.7 22.5 22.9 19.9 20.2 22.0 21.7 22.5 24.2</td>
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<tr id="0DA0349A916F5DA82FCA244CFA2711CA" box="[151,1437,1373,1436]" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">
<th id="4E715DE6916F5DA82FCA244CFE4E11CA" box="[151,500,1373,1436]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">Length of anal fin Length of pelvic fin</th>
<td id="4E715DE6916F5DA82DD7244CFC5511CA" box="[650,1007,1373,1436]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">17.9 15.018.4 17.3 17.4 15.719.0 17.2</td>
<td id="4E715DE6916F5DA82B67244CFA2711CA" box="[1082,1437,1373,1436]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">17.0 16.2 17.1 16.2 16.7 16.1</td>
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<tr id="0DA0349A916F5DA82FCA24A1FA2712C2" box="[151,1437,1456,1684]" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">
<th id="4E715DE6916F5DA82FCA24A1FE4E12C2" box="[151,500,1456,1684]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">Length of pectoral fin In percent of dorsal head length Snout length Eye diameter Interorbital width In percent of lateral head length</th>
<td id="4E715DE6916F5DA82DD724A1FC5512C2" box="[650,1007,1456,1684]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">20.4 19.022.3 20.5 52 4654 49.3 25 2128 24.8 33 2937 33.2</td>
<td id="4E715DE6916F5DA82B6724A1FA2712C2" box="[1082,1437,1456,1684]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">20.0 19.3 19.6 52 53 50 26 21 25 32 36 32</td>
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<tr id="0DA0349A916F5DA82FCA27B9FA271346" box="[151,1437,1704,1808]" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">
<th id="4E715DE6916F5DA82FCA27B9FE4E1346" box="[151,500,1704,1808]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">Snout length Eye diameter Interorbital width</th>
<td id="4E715DE6916F5DA82DD727B9FC551346" box="[650,1007,1704,1808]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">47 4148 45.1 22 1926 22.7 30 2734 30.4</td>
<td id="4E715DE6916F5DA82B6727B9FA271346" box="[1082,1437,1704,1808]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">48 46 45 23 19 23 29 32 29</td>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B32F36D8916FA2532F9A2644FB2A14A1" blockId="3.[151,1436,1877,2010]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1436,151,535]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="49" pageId="3" pageNumber="48">Dorsal fin with 4 simple and 12½ (10) or 13½ (7) branched rays; distal margin slightly concave. Pectoral fin with 1 simple and 12 (9), 13 (6) or 14 (1) branched rays; reaching about 2/3 of distance to pelvic-fin base; tip of rays projecting slightly beyond membranes. Axillary pelvic lobe present. Pelvic fin with 1 simple and 6 (1) or 7 (16) branched rays, reaching about ½ to 3/5 of distance to anal-fin origin, not reaching anus, which is situated about one eye diameter in front of anal fin; origin under base of branched dorsal-fin rays 3 to 4. Anal fin with 3 simple and 5½ branched rays. Caudal fin slightly emarginate, with 7+8 (3) or 8+8 (11) branched rays. Low ventral and dorsal crests on posterior half of caudal peduncle, which is 1.01.3 times longer than deep.</paragraph>
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Body entirely covered by scales, except around 45 first lateral line pores; scales embedded on belly. Lateral line complete, with 8090 pores (most specimens 8788). Cephalic lateral line system with 6 supraorbital, 4 + 1012 infraorbital, 10 preoperculo-mandibular and 3 supratemporal pores (
<specimenCount id="A596FD519168A2532CBD205DFBD01532" box="[992,1130,332,356]" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" type="generic">5 specimens</specimenCount>
examined).
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Anterior nostril pierced at tip of an obliquely truncate tube (
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a). Mouth gape about twice as wide as long (
<figureCitation id="2BAB2A5D9168A2532FC22085FF5D15FA" box="[159,231,404,428]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1074,1097]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[340,1247,573,1053]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Acanthocobitis pictilis, CMK 17509, 69.6 mm SL; mouth, ventral view." pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
). Lips thick, strongly papillated. A median interruption in lower lip. Processus dentiformis present. No median notch in lower jaw. Inner rostral barbel reaching almost to vertical of anterior margin of eye; outer one reaching vertical of posterior margin of eye. Maxillary barbel reaching middle of postorbital area. Intestine with a loop behind stomach, extending forward to anterior extremity of stomach (
<figureCitation id="2BAB2A5D9168A2532C8620EEFB9B1641" box="[987,1057,511,535]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,967,990]" captionTargetBox="[621,952,194,949]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[611,966,183,954]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Acanthocobitis pictilis, CMK 17967, 64.1 mm SL; digestive tract, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/212546/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA9168A2532FCA2523FEA8101E" bold="true" box="[151,274,1074,1097]" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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, CMK 17509, 69.6 mm SL; mouth, ventral view.
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA9168A2532F9A2564FE0310D8" bold="true" box="[199,441,1141,1166]" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Sexual dimorphism.</emphasis>
Adult males distinguished by presence of a deep slit on cheek (termed suborbital slit), extending from lower margin of eye until above base of posterior rostral barbel (
<figureCitation id="2BAB2A5D9168A2532B452588FBE610E7" box="[1048,1116,1177,1201]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1619,1642]" captionTargetBox="[364,1247,337,1586]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[340,1247,337,1598]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Acanthocobitis pictilis, lateral view of head; a, CMK 17509, 69.6 mm SL, male showing suborbital slit; b, MHNG 2727.066, 71.8 mm SL, holotype, female showing a suborbital fold." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/212545/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
a). Infraorbital canal running along ventral edge of slit. No slit in females, but in several of them a shallow groove in similar position (
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b). Smallest individual with a slit (CMK 17777, 63.1 mm SL). Slit and groove homologous to lower margin of suborbital flap in many nemacheilids but not ending posteriorly in a flap. In males, dorsal surface of 5 or 6 anterior branched rays of pectoral fin covered by thick tissue and densely covered by small tubercles (vs. both missing in females); patches of unculi on opercle and suborbital area (vs. absent). Ripe females deeper-bodied.
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA9168A2532F9A2460FEF511DC" bold="true" box="[199,335,1393,1418]" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Coloration.</emphasis>
Head and body background colour greyish brown (yellowish brown in material from Mae Khlong drainage, but this apparently induced by water turbidity), whitish on belly; all marks on head and body dark brown, unless mentioned otherwise. Head with 34 transverse lines in interorbital and occipital areas, and a few large spots on snout, cheeks and opercle. Dorsum with saddles, 45 predorsal, 34 subdorsal and 56 postdorsal; total 1116, modally
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specimens less than about
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SL, more difficult to count in larger specimens because of ontogenetic changes. In specimens less than about
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SL, saddles with a slightly darker outline; with increasing size, median part of saddle becoming paler and saddles appearing as a pair of dark lines meeting in a pointing tip near lateral line. Anterior saddles oblique, directed backwards; predorsal ones strongly slanted, becoming less slanted along dorsal-fin base, and almost vertical on caudal peduncle. In smaller specimens, at level of lateral line, saddles becoming a very narrow bar, more or less vertical (posteriorly) or slightly slanted (anteriorly); tip of bars at level of pectoral-fin base; only posterior-most bars, at end of caudal peduncle, reaching ventral midline. Between bars, a spot on lateral line and one between tip of bars. In larger specimens, saddles ending at lateral line; below lateral line, bars and spots becoming dissociated and resulting in an irregular mottled pattern. A conspicuous black spot at caudal fin base, vertically elongated, close to upper extremity of fin base; on a pale background but not ocellated.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B32F36D89168A2532F9A2678FBA813F3" blockId="4.[151,1437,1141,2030]" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Dorsal fin hyaline, with 67 longitudinal rows of black spots on rays and (usually) membranes. Caudal fin with 68 vertical rows of spots on rays and (usually) membranes. Other fins hyaline.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA9168A2532F9A26A3FE2B139C" bold="true" box="[199,401,1969,1994]" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Notes on biology.</emphasis>
Two dissected females, CMK 17509, 65.4 mm SL, and CMK 17967, 64.1 mm SL, collected in
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and 2003, respectively, had apparently ripe ovaries with eggs 0.7 mm diameter.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522FCA22D6FEA8178B" bold="true" box="[151,274,967,990]" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522E4422D6FE46178B" box="[281,508,967,989]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">Acanthocobitis pictilis</emphasis>
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, CMK 17967, 64.1 mm SL; digestive tract, ventral view.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="FB8A65539169A2522F9A2515FCD010A3" pageId="5" pageNumber="50" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="B32F36D89169A2522F9A2515FCD010A3" blockId="5.[151,1436,1028,2026]" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">
<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522F9A2515FEDA104B" bold="true" box="[199,352,1028,1053]" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">Distribution.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522E342514FDDC104B" box="[361,614,1029,1053]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">Acanthocobitis pictilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is presently known only from the Ataran drainage in
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and the Mae Khlong drainage in
<collectingCountry id="CB8776489169A2522EE32538FD9F1017" box="[446,549,1065,1089]" name="Thailand" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">Thailand</collectingCountry>
. The two drainages are adjacent and separated by a pass at about 280 masl (Chedi Sam Ong; Three Pagoda Pass). The Ataran drains to the Andaman Sea (Indian Ocean) and the Mae Khlong to the Gulf of
<collectingCountry id="CB8776489169A2522E182560FE1210DF" box="[325,424,1137,1161]" name="Thailand" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">Thailand</collectingCountry>
(South
<collectingCountry id="CB8776489169A2522D542560FDF610DF" box="[521,588,1137,1161]" name="China" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">China</collectingCountry>
Sea). The Mae Khlong shares a number of genera and species with the Ataran, Salween and Irrawaddy drainages that are not known in any other drainage on the Gulf of
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slope (e.g.,
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522F8A25ABFE961087" box="[215,300,1210,1233]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">Batasio</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522E6625A8FEC11087" box="[315,379,1209,1233]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">Badis</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522ED425A8FE521087" box="[393,488,1209,1233]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">Rasbora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
rasbora,
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522D0B25A8FC961087" box="[598,812,1209,1233]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">Schistura mahnerti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="74904D5B9169A2522C6725A8FBC01087" box="[826,1146,1209,1233]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Acanthocobitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="50" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zonalternans">
<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522C6725A8FBC01087" box="[826,1146,1209,1233]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">Acanthocobitis zonalternans</emphasis>
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; pers. obs. and, e.g.,
<bibRefCitation id="D7014B299169A2522A3425ABFEB310A3" author="Kottelat" firstAuthor="Kottelat" pageId="5" pageNumber="50" pagination="1 - 54" refId="ref3847" refString="Kottelat, M. (1989) Zoogeography of the fishes from Indochinese inland waters with an annotated check-list. Bulletin Zoologisch Museum Universiteit van Amsterdam, 12 (1), 1 - 54." type="journal article" year="1989">Kottelat 1989</bibRefCitation>
,
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,
<bibRefCitation id="D7014B299169A2522E0725CFFD8110A3" author="Kottelat, M." box="[346,571,1245,1270]" firstAuthor="Ng" pageId="5" pageNumber="50" pagination="495 - 511" refId="ref4057" refString="Ng, H. H. &amp; Kottelat, M. (2001) A review of the genus Batasio (Teleostei: Bagridae) in Indochina, with the description of B. tigrinus sp. n. from Thailand. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 108 (3), 495 - 511; erratum, 109 (1), 241." type="journal article" year="2001">Ng &amp; Kottelat 2001</bibRefCitation>
,
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522F9A2410FEF4114F" bold="true" box="[199,334,1281,1305]" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">Etymology.</emphasis>
From the Latin
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522D5E2410FDF5114F" box="[515,591,1281,1305]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">pictilis</emphasis>
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(embroided). An adjective (
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, is, e).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="FB8A65539169A2512F9A2434FDA312C1" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="51" pageId="5" pageNumber="50" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522F9A2434FE81116B" bold="true" box="[199,315,1317,1341]" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">Remarks.</emphasis>
Earlier authors (e.g.
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,
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) recognised
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522B162434FB18116B" box="[1099,1186,1317,1341]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">A. botia</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
as a species distributed in Peninsular
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,
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, and the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Irrawaddy, Salween and Mae Khlong drainages in
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,
<collectingCountry id="CB8776489169A2522D73247CFDD011D3" box="[558,618,1389,1413]" name="India" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">India</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="CB8776489169A2522D2A247CFD4711D3" box="[631,765,1389,1413]" name="Bangladesh" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">Bangladesh</collectingCountry>
,
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,
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and
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. This was a very heterogeneous assemblage and, among the nominal species listed as synonyms, at least three are valid:
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522B912480FAFA11FF" box="[1228,1344,1425,1449]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">A. mooreh</emphasis>
(Sykes, 1839)
</taxonomicName>
from Peninsular
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,
<taxonomicName id="74904D5B9169A2522EB124A4FCDD119B" authority="Gunther, 1868" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1868" box="[492,871,1461,1485]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Acanthocobitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="50" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="urophthalmus">
<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522EB124A4FD12119B" box="[492,680,1461,1485]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">A. urophthalmus</emphasis>
(Günther, 1868)
</taxonomicName>
from
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and
<taxonomicName id="74904D5B9169A2522B0124A4FF6211A7" authority="Rendahl, 1948" authorityName="Rendahl" authorityYear="1948" class="Actinopterygii" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Acanthocobitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="50" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mandalayensis">
<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522B0124A4FA9F119B" box="[1116,1317,1461,1485]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">A. mandalayensis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="D7014B299169A2522A6B24A4FF6A11A7" author="Rendahl" firstAuthor="Rendahl" pageId="5" pageNumber="50" pagination="1 - 116" refId="ref4221" refString="Rendahl, H. (1948) Die Susswasserfische Birmas. I. Die Familie Cobitidae. Arkiv for Zoologi, Ser. A, 40 (7), 1 - 116." type="journal article" year="1948">Rendahl, 1948</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
from
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(Kottelat, in press). Some of the nominal species still remaining in the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522A1E24C8FA2611A7" box="[1347,1436,1497,1521]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">A. botia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
might also be valid. The
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522EED24ECFDB31243" box="[432,521,1533,1557]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">A. botia</emphasis>
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specimens from the Mae Khlong drainage reported by
<bibRefCitation id="D7014B299169A2522B2724ECFAE81243" author="Kottelat" box="[1146,1362,1533,1557]" firstAuthor="Kottelat" page="31" pageId="5" pageNumber="50" refId="ref3883" refString="Kottelat, M. (1990) Indochinese nemacheilines. A revision of nemacheiline loaches (Pisces: Cypriniformes) of Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia and southern Viet Nam. Pfeil, Munchen, 262 pp." type="book" year="1990">Kottelat (1990: 31)</bibRefCitation>
are
<taxonomicName id="74904D5B9169A2522AD924ECFF59126F" class="Actinopterygii" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Acanthocobitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="50" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pictilis">
<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522AD924ECFF59126F" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">A. pictilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B32F36D89169A2522F9A2754FA9113BF" blockId="5.[151,1436,1028,2026]" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">
<taxonomicName id="74904D5B9169A2522F9A2754FE78120B" box="[199,450,1605,1629]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Acanthocobitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="50" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pictilis">
<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522F9A2754FE78120B" box="[199,450,1605,1629]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">Acanthocobitis pictilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shares with
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522D0D2754FD13120B" box="[592,681,1605,1629]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">A. botia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522DBC2754FC1D120B" box="[737,935,1605,1629]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">A. mandalayensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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) the suborbital slit in males (vs. suborbital flap in other species of the genus in Southeast Asia). Its unique colour pattern (see diagnosis) distinguishes it immediately from these two species.
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522D0E279CFC1012F3" box="[595,938,1677,1701]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">Acanthocobitis mandalayensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has saddles along the back and a midlateral row of vertically elongated, slanted, oval blotches along the flank, each blotch connected to a saddle by a narrow band; the blotches, bands and saddles are surrounded by a pale halo contrasting with a dark grey background (in preserved specimens). In most specimens, the halo is so developed that the remainder of the darker background appears as a narrow line, or as a vertically elongated blotch forming a row intercalated between the saddles and the midlateral row of blotches (
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). In the 'real'
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522DE42650FCA8130F" box="[697,786,1857,1881]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">A. botia</emphasis>
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the saddles form a more irregular pattern, the midlateral blotches are roundish to triangular, not elongated, often connected to each other, and connected or not to the saddles, the halo is missing and there is no intercalate row of blotches.
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,
<bibRefCitation id="D7014B299169A2522FCA26BCFE411393" author="Shrestha" box="[151,507,1965,1989]" pageId="5" pageNumber="50" refId="ref4255" refString="Shrestha, T. K. (2008) Ichthyology of Nepal. A study of fishes of the Himalayan waters. Himalayan Ecosphere, Kathmandu, x + 390 pp., 72 pls." type="book" year="2008">Shrestha (2008: pl. 30 fig. 101)</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="D7014B299169A2522D5A26BCFCFD1393" author="Vishwanath" box="[519,839,1965,1989]" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Vishwanath" page="98" pageId="5" pageNumber="50" refId="ref4465" refString="Vishwanath, W., Lakra, W. S. &amp; Sarkar, U. K. (2007) Fishes of North East India. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, 264 pp." type="book" year="2007">Vishwanath et al. (2007: 98)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="D7014B299169A2522C2226BCFB201393" author="Siddiqui" box="[895,1178,1965,1989]" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Siddiqui" page="97" pageId="5" pageNumber="50" refId="ref4291" refString="Siddiqui, K. U., Islam, M. A., Kabir, S. M. H., Ahmad, M., Ahmed, A. T. A., Rahman, A. K. A., Haque, E. U., Ahmed, Z. U., Begum, Z. N. T., Hassan, M. A., Khondker, M. &amp; Rahman, M. M. (2007) Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh. 23. Freshwater fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, xxxi + 300 pp." type="book" year="2007">Siddiqui et al. (2007: 97)</bibRefCitation>
show figures of specimens of
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA9169A2522FAA26C0FEEA13BF" box="[247,336,2001,2025]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="50">A. botia</emphasis>
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from the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra drainages (which may not all be conspecific).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512FCA2361FEA816D0" bold="true" box="[151,274,624,647]" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512E442361FDF716D0" box="[281,589,624,646]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">Acanthocobitis mandalayensis</emphasis>
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, NRM 36248, 55.7 mm SL; Myanmar: Myitkyina.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512F9A23A2FE7E169D" box="[199,452,691,715]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">Acanthocobitis pictilis</emphasis>
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appears in the aquarium-fish literature and on several internet sites as
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512BAF23A2FA26169D" box="[1266,1436,691,715]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">A. rubidipinnis</emphasis>
(Blyth, 1860)
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512E6123C6FD8D16B9" box="[316,567,727,751]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">Acanthocobitis pictilis</emphasis>
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is distinguished from
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512C6F23C6FC6016B9" box="[818,986,727,751]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">A. rubidipinnis</emphasis>
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in having 12½ or 13½ branched dorsalfin rays (vs. 14½ or 15½), a suborbital slit in males (vs. a suborbital flap) and the distinctive colour pattern (see diagnosis).
<taxonomicName id="74904D5B916AA2512E47220EFDEE1761" box="[282,596,799,823]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Acanthocobitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rubidipinnis">
<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512E47220EFDEE1761" box="[282,596,799,823]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">Acanthocobitis rubidipinnis</emphasis>
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is known from the lower Irrawaddy; its colour pattern consists of 1112 vertically elongated blackish blotches on the lateral line and a series of brown saddles along the back, sometimes in contact with midlateral blotches, especially in posterior part of body (see figures in
<bibRefCitation id="D7014B29916AA2512B392276FA8A1729" author="Kottelat" box="[1124,1328,871,895]" firstAuthor="Kottelat" page="35" pageId="6" pageNumber="51" refId="ref3883" refString="Kottelat, M. (1990) Indochinese nemacheilines. A revision of nemacheiline loaches (Pisces: Cypriniformes) of Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia and southern Viet Nam. Pfeil, Munchen, 262 pp." type="book" year="1990">Kottelat 1990: 35</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="D7014B29916AA2512A622276FF4617F5" author="Rendahl" firstAuthor="Rendahl" page="12" pageId="6" pageNumber="51" pagination="1 - 116" refId="ref4221" refString="Rendahl, H. (1948) Die Susswasserfische Birmas. I. Die Familie Cobitidae. Arkiv for Zoologi, Ser. A, 40 (7), 1 - 116." type="journal article" year="1948">Rendahl 1948: 12</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B32F36D8916AA2512F9A22BEFE041105" blockId="6.[151,1436,691,1939]" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">
<bibRefCitation id="D7014B29916AA2512F9A22BEFE191791" author="Kottelat" box="[199,419,943,967]" firstAuthor="Kottelat" page="35" pageId="6" pageNumber="51" refId="ref3883" refString="Kottelat, M. (1990) Indochinese nemacheilines. A revision of nemacheiline loaches (Pisces: Cypriniformes) of Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia and southern Viet Nam. Pfeil, Munchen, 262 pp." type="book" year="1990">Kottelat (1990: 35)</bibRefCitation>
recognised a third species of
<taxonomicName id="74904D5B916AA2512C5E22BEFC111791" box="[771,939,943,967]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Acanthocobitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512C5E22BEFC111791" box="[771,939,943,967]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">Acanthocobitis</emphasis>
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in Southeast Asia,
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512BCD22BEFAF91791" box="[1168,1347,943,967]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">A. zonalternans</emphasis>
(Blyth, 1860)
</taxonomicName>
. Its range includes the Brahmaputra drainage in Manipur, the Irrawaddy, Sittang and Salween drainages in
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and
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, coastal streams of Tenasserim and the west coast of the Malay Peninsula southwards to Trang, and the Mae Khlong and Tapi drainages. The species also shows a great variety of colour patterns and there are indications that more than one species is confused under this name. Despite its wide range, there is only one synonym,
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512E502572FE08102D" box="[269,434,1123,1147]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">A. phuketensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, from Phuket.
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512D022572FCE7102D" box="[607,861,1123,1147]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">Acanthocobitis pictilis</emphasis>
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is distinguished from
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512B3D2572FAA8102D" box="[1120,1298,1123,1147]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">A. zonalternans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having a larger size (up to at least
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SL, vs. 44), a complete lateral line (vs. incomplete, reaching between pelvic-fin base and end of dorsal-fin base), 12½ or 13½ branched dorsal-fin rays (vs. 9½ to 11½), a suborbital slit in males (vs. a suborbital flap), 67 longitudinal rows of spots on dorsal fin (vs. 3) and 68 vertical rows of spots on caudal fin (vs. 45). The variable colour pattern of
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512DDB25E2FC8D115D" box="[646,823,1267,1291]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">A. zonalternans</emphasis>
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can be summarised as a row of small saddles alternating with a midlateral row of blotches on flank, the latter sometimes fused into a longitudinal stripe (see
<bibRefCitation id="D7014B29916AA2512A1F2406FF431105" author="Kottelat" firstAuthor="Kottelat" page="37" pageId="6" pageNumber="51" refId="ref3883" refString="Kottelat, M. (1990) Indochinese nemacheilines. A revision of nemacheiline loaches (Pisces: Cypriniformes) of Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia and southern Viet Nam. Pfeil, Munchen, 262 pp." type="book" year="1990">Kottelat 1990: 37</bibRefCitation>
for illustrations).
</paragraph>
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<bibRefCitation id="D7014B29916AA2512F9A244EFEE31121" author="Grant, S." box="[199,345,1375,1399]" firstAuthor="Grant" journalOrPublisher="Ichthyofile" pageId="6" pageNumber="51" pagination="1 - 9" part="2" refId="ref3746" refString="Grant, S. (2007) A new subgenus of Acanthocobitis Peters, 1861 (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyofile, 2 (3), 1 - 9. [Said to exist as a printed document and a PDF file dated 29 October 2007; also unnumbered pages 49 - 52 of a PDF file dated the next day]." title="A new subgenus of Acanthocobitis Peters, 1861 (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)" type="journal article" year="2007">Grant (2007)</bibRefCitation>
divided
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512EE0244EFDDF1121" box="[445,613,1375,1399]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">Acanthocobitis</emphasis>
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into two subgenera, restricting
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512C90244EFBCF1121" box="[973,1141,1375,1399]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">Acanthocobitis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512BC6244EFA8F1121" box="[1179,1333,1375,1399]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">A. pavonacea</emphasis>
(M'Clelland, 1839)
</taxonomicName>
. He created a subgenus
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512D712492FD4111CD" box="[556,763,1411,1435]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">Paracanthocobitis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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species:
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512CF92492FBEF11CD" box="[932,1109,1411,1435]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">A. zonalternans</emphasis>
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) for the other species placed in
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512FEE24B6FEE111E9" box="[179,347,1447,1471]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">Acanthocobitis</emphasis>
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by earlier authors. The
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species of
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512C5224B6FC0D11E9" box="[783,951,1447,1471]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">Acanthocobitis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512C8A24B6FBC911E9" box="[983,1139,1447,1471]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">A. longipinnis</emphasis>
Peters, 1861
</taxonomicName>
, which Grant considered as a synonym of
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512E8A24DAFDCB11B5" box="[471,625,1483,1507]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">A. pavonacea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(which is open to doubt; Kottelat in press). Grant's ideas were based on his reading of the literature, examination of one living aquarium individual, and of photographs of the poorly preserved
<typeStatus id="6C2B887A916AA2512FB52702FEF0127D" box="[232,330,1555,1579]" pageId="6" pageNumber="51" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
of
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512E2C2702FDB5127D" box="[369,527,1555,1579]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">A. longipinnis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and of
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of
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<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512DAD2702FC78127D" box="[752,962,1555,1579]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">Cobitis pavonacea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Without a proper taxonomic study based on personal examination of specimens of all concerned species, it seems neither justifiable nor judicious to recognise names created for no taxonomically justifiable reason. Further, the identity of
<taxonomicName id="74904D5B916AA2512B1D274AFB651225" box="[1088,1247,1627,1651]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Nemacheilidae" genus="Acanthocobitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="longipinnis">
<emphasis id="81E4EACA916AA2512B1D274AFB651225" box="[1088,1247,1627,1651]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="51">A. longipinnis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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species of
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</taxonomicName>
) is not ascertained.
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</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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