scholarly journals Cottus immaculatus, a new species of sculpin (Cottidae) from the Ozark Highlands of Arkansas and Missouri, USA

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2340 (1) ◽  
pp. 50 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREW P. KINZIGER ◽  
ROBERT M. WOOD
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
River Systems ◽  
River Drainage ◽  
White River ◽  
Ozark Highlands ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Fin Spines

Cottus immaculatus, new species, is described from the Current, Eleven Point, Spring and White river systems of the White River drainage, in the Ozark Highlands of Arkansas and Missouri, USA. Cottus immaculatus is a member of the Uranidea clade and distinguishable from all members of the genus Cottus using genetic and morphological characters. Cottus immaculatus possesses a previously unreported but possibly widespread character in the genus Cottus, enlargement of the tips of the dorsal-fin spines of males. The description of Cottus immaculatus brings the total number of species recognized within the genus Cottus to 68.

Garra hormuzensis, a new species from the upper Kol River drainage in the Persian Gulf basin (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5052 (3) ◽  
pp. 380-394
Author(s):  
MAZAHER ZAMANI-FARADONBE ◽  
E. ZHANG ◽  
YAZDAN KEIVANY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
River Drainage ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Mtdna Coi ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
A New Species

Garra hormuzensis, new species, is described from the Kol River drainage. It is distinguished from its congeners in the Iranian part of the Persian Gulf basin by having 7½ branched dorsal-fin rays, usually 9+8 branched caudal-fin rays, the breast, belly and back in front of the dorsal-fin origin covered by scales, and a free lateral and posterior margins of the gular disc. It is further characterised by having a minimum K2P distance of 1.16% to G. mondica in the mtDNA COI barcode region.  

Salmo tigridis, a new species of trout from the Tigris River, Turkey (Teleostei: Salmonidae) DAVUT TURAN (Turkey), MAURICE KOTTELAT (Switzerland) & YUSUF BEKTAŞ (Turkey)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2993 (1) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVUT TURAN ◽  
MAURICE KOTTELAT ◽  
YUSUF BEKTAŞ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
The Other ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
River Drainage ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Tigris River ◽  
Adipose Fin ◽  
A New Species

Salmo tigridis, new species, from the Tigris River drainage, Turkey, is distinguished from the other species of Salmo in Turkey and adjacent basins by having a greater number of scale rows between the end of the adipose-fin base and lateral line (19–20, vs. 12–17); a greater number of scale rows between dorsal-fin origin and lateral line (32–35, vs. 23–32); and a deeper and stouter caudal peduncle (its depth 11.5–12.6 % SL, vs. 9.3–11.5, except in S. cf. macrostigma).

Dario urops, a new species of badid fish from the Western Ghats, southern India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3348 (1) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
RALF BRITZ ◽  
ANVAR ALI ◽  
SIBY PHILIP
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Small Stream ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Anterior Dorsal ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Fin Spines

Dario urops, new species, is described from a small stream of the Barapole tributary of Valapattanam River in southern Karna-taka and from Wayanad District, Kerala. It can be distinguished from its congeners by the presence of a conspicuous blackblotch on the caudal peduncle and a horizontal suborbital stripe, by the anterior dorsal fin lappets in males not being produced beyond fin spines, and by its vertebral count.

A new species of Astyanax Baird & Girard (Characiformes: Characidae) from western Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4604 (2) ◽  
pp. 369 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAFAEL BURGER ◽  
FERNANDO R. CARVALHO ◽  
ANGELA M. ZANATA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Body Depth ◽  
Chapada Diamantina ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Astyanax Scabripinnis ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Pelvic Fin

A new species of Astyanax from the upper rio Paraguaçu basin, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil, is described. Astyanax sincora shares characters currently used to define the Astyanax scabripinnis species complex, as highest body depth approximately at vertical through pectoral-fin midlength and a low number of branched anal-fin rays (13–17). It differs from its congeners by a combination of characters, including eight branched dorsal-fin rays, six branched pelvic-fin rays, presence of bony hooks in pectoral and anal fins of males, dark midlateral line or stripe initiating posteriorly to the vertically elongate humeral blotch, and by the presence of 30–35 scales in the median longitudinal series. The generic positioning of the new species and some polymorphic morphological characters in Astyanax are briefly discussed. The degree of completeness of the lateral line in Hyphessobrycon balbus is discussed. [Species Zoobank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D708FE7E-3FB5-4729-B438-779717F7ED1A] 

Alburnus magnificus, a new species of bleak from the Orontes River drainage (Teleostei: Leuciscidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4559 (2) ◽  
pp. 373 ◽  
Author(s):  
JÖRG FREYHOF ◽  
DAVUT TURAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Sea ◽  
River Drainage ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Fin Ray ◽  
Coastal Rivers ◽  
A New Species

Alburnus magnificus, new species, is described from the northern Orontes River drainage in the eastern Mediterranean Sea basin. It is most similar and closely-related to A. qalilus from coastal rivers in Syria south of the Orontes. Alburnus magnificus is distinguished from A. qalilus by having the anal-fin origin below or behind the vertical through the last dorsal-fin ray, 4–5 scale rows between the lateral line and the anal-fin origin, and a flank pattern of bold black, grey or brown scales on a silvery or brown background. The two species are also distinguished by a minimum K2P distance of 1.8% in their COI sequence data. 

Bangana brevirostris, a new species of cyprinid fish (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from the Lancang-Jiang (Upper Mekong River) drainage in Yunnan, Southwest China

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 1980 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
KAI LIU ◽  
WEI ZHOU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Cyprinid Fish ◽  
Head Length ◽  
Mekong River ◽  
River Drainage ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
A New Species

Bangana brevirostris, new species, is described from the Lancang-Jiang in Yunnan, Southwest China. It can be distinguished from all other congeners by the following combination of characters: a pair of minute rostral barbels; mental groove short and shallow; dorsal fin with 12–13 branched rays; 42–44 lateral line scales; eye large, its diameter 28.1–32.9 % of head length; snout short, its length 25.5–32.7 % of head length. It shares the same postlabial groove-type with Bangana dero and B. devdevi, which makes them very different from other congeners.

Hyphessobrycon oritoensis (Characiformes: Characidae), a new species from the Putumayo River drainage, Colombian Amazon

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1813 (1) ◽  
pp. 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
CARLOS A. GARCÍA-ALZATE ◽  
CÉSAR ROMÁN-VALENCIA ◽  
DONALD C. TAPHORN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Posterior Border ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
River Drainage ◽  
Lateral Band ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Colombian Amazon ◽  
A New Species

Hyphessobrycon oritoensis (Characiformes: Characidae) is described from the Putumayo River drainage of the Colombian Amazon. The new species belongs to the H. heterorhabdus group and is distinguished from all other known species by the following combination of characters: iii,8 dorsal–fin rays, iv, 26–27 anal–fin rays, 19 teeth on dentary, 35 scales in longitudinal series, 10–11 perforated scales in lateral line, 7 scales between lateral line and dorsal–fin origin, 14 predorsal scales and a dark lateral band that extends from the posterior border of the humeral spot to the tips of the middle caudal fin rays.

Fifty Shades of Grey: giving colour to the poorly known Angolan Ashy reed frog (Hyperoliidae: Hyperolius cinereus), with the description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3635 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
WERNER CONRADIE ◽  
WILLIAM R. BRANCH ◽  
KRYSTAL A. TOLLEY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Drainage Basin ◽  
Phylogenetic Reconstruction ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
River Systems ◽  
Fresh Material ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
A New Species

Phylogenetic reconstruction using the mitochondrial 16S marker shows that geographically separated populations of the poorly known Hyperolius cinereus (Anura: Hyperoliidae) from Angola form two distinct clades. The description of H. cinereus was originally based on only a single preserved adult male. Fresh material of both sexes allowed a detailed redescription of the species, which is restricted mainly to the south-draining Cunene and Cubango river systems. Bioacoustic and morphological characters, in conjunction with colouration differences, allow the description of a cryptic sister species from Lagoa Carumbo in north-eastern Angola, occurring in the Luele and Lovuo river systems of the Congo drainage basin. Tadpoles, for H. cinereus and the new species, are described.

scholarly journals Triplophysa pseudostenura, a new nemacheiline loach (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) from the Yalong River of China

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3586 (1) ◽  
pp. 272 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHUNLIN HE ◽  
E ZHANG ◽  
ZHAOBIN SONG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Posterior Chamber ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
River Drainage ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Yalong River

A new species of nemacheiline loach, Triplophysa pseudostenura, is described from the Yalong River, a tributary of theupper Yangtze River drainage in China. Previous collectors misidentified the species as T. stenura. Triplophysapseudostenura can be separated from T. stenura and other valid species of Triplophysa by the following combination ofcharacters: body smooth and without scales; head tapering; lips thin and smooth; trunk and caudal peduncle slender,laterally compressed; depth of caudal peduncle tapering posteroventrally approaching caudal fin; posterior chamber of gasbladder reduced or absent; intestine short, forming a zigzag loop posterior to bottom of ‘U’-shaped stomach; insertion of pelvic fins anterior to dorsal-fin origin; caudal fin deeply concave.

Kryptopterus platypogon, a new silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from Borneo

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 398 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
HEOK HEE NG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Equal Length ◽  
River Drainage ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Lower Jaw ◽  
Orbital Margin ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
A New Species

Kryptopterus platypogon, a new species of silurid catfish is described from the Rajang River drainage in northern Borneo. Kryptopterus platypogon, together with K. hexapterus and K. cheveyi, can be distinguished from congeners by a combination of the absence of the dorsal fin, a stronglyarched dorsal profile with a pronounced nuchal concavity and palatal teeth in a single elliptical patch. Kryptopterus platypogon differs from K. hexapterus in having a more strongly-projecting lower jaw, larger eye (14.1% HL vs. 8.0 12.6), longer maxillary (135.6% HL vs. 40.0 120.4) and mandibular (119.3% HL vs. 32.3 80.0) barbels that are flattened and ribbon-like (vs. flattened, but ovoid in cross section), and more ventrally-placed eyes (about one quarter of the orbital margin visible when the head is viewed ventrally vs. orbital margin barely visible), and from K. cheveyi in having a strongly projecting lower jaw (vs. upper and lower jaws of equal length), more anal-fin rays (83 vs. 66 71), narrower head (8.6% SL vs. 9.7 12.3) and smaller eye (14.1% HL vs. 18.9 22.7).

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