Subterranean Fishes of the World

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2012

Environmental Biology of Fishes

369-375

93

Abstract: A new species of the hillstream loach genus Balitora Gray, Balitora ludongensis, from QilongRiver which drains to Zuojiang River (a headwater ofthe Pearl River) drainage, Jingxi County, Guangxi,China. It can be distinguished from its congeners bythe following characters: pectoral fin with vi–vii, 11–12 rays; pelvic fin with ii, 6–7 rays; pre-oral grooverelatively shallow, upper lip without or with 3–5 fold-like papillae in a row on its middle surface andgradually smooth to the corner of mouth; twomaxillary barbels at each corner of mouth, the outerone slightly longer than the inner one, 149.0–190.9%of eye diameter; eyes small, eye diameter 14.2–18.1%of head length; Dorsal-fin origin slightly anterior topelvic-fin origin; Caudal-peduncle depth 39.1–55.0%of its length; upper lobe of caudal fin longer than the lower one; lateral-line scales 69–74; with 6–9 blackblotches on the dorsal side of body.Keywords Balitoridae . Balitora . New species .Guangxi . China

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