In:
Zoosystematics and Evolution, Pensoft Publishers, Vol. 98, No. 1 ( 2022-03-29), p. 93-107
Kurzfassung:
Gobiobotia lii is described from the Qi-Shui, a stream tributary on the northern bank of the middle Chang-Jiang mainstem in Hubei Province and Lake Dongting in Hunan Province, central China. The new species is distinguished from all other congeneric species by possessing a combination of the following characters: a naked region of the abdomen adjacent to the ventral mid-line extending to the vent and the vertebral count (4+31–32). The validity of G. lii is confirmed by its monophyletic nature recovered in a phylogenetic analysis, based on the cyt b gene and its significant sequence divergence with sampled congeneric species. Critical notes were given on the species recognition of historically documented eight-barbel gudgeons co-existing in Lake Dongting. Gobiobotia nicholsi Bănărescu & amp; Nalbant, 1966 should be a valid species distinct from G. filifer (Garman, 1912) and both G. pappenheimi Kreyenberg, 1911 and G. boulengeri (= Xenophysogobio boulengeri (Tchang, 1929)) have an erroneous record from the Lake.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
1860-0743
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1435-1935
DOI:
10.3897/zse.98.80547
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Sprache:
Unbekannt
Verlag:
Pensoft Publishers
Publikationsdatum:
2022
ZDB Id:
2420116-9
ZDB Id:
1430702-9
SSG:
12