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Homatula dotui

Nguyen, Wu, Cao and Zhang 2021

Homatula dotui
Homatula dotui: a. IHB 201300440, holotype, 60.0 mm SL, and b. IEBR 00439, paratype, 66.0 mm SL. Figure 1 from Nguyen et al. 2021 and used with the permission of Dinh Tao Nguyen
ORDERSUB-ORDERFAMILY
CypriniformesCobitoidei Nemacheilidae

Synonyms

None.

Country

Vietnam

Types

Holotype: IHB 201300440, 60.0 mm SL.

Paratype: IEBR 00439, 1, 66.0 mm SL.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality: Hang 21 Cave, 36 km from tourist center of Phong Nha Ke Bang, emptying into the Gianh River, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam (106°12'46" E 17°24'53").

Systematics

Nguyen et al. (2021) report cyt b data which suggests that Homatula dotui is sister to a group of Homatula species including: H. wuliangensis, H. anguillioides, H.acuticephalus, H. pycnolepis, H. potanini, H. variegata, and H. longidorsalis. However, further genetic data presented by Li et al. (2022) confound this initial suggestion and it seems very likely, on both genetic and distributional grounds, that the species dotui is not a member of the genus Homatula and requires a genus of its own.

 

Conservation Status

TLO [NE]

Key References

Nguyen, D.T., Wu, H., Cao, L. and Zhang, E Journal Article 2021 Homatula dotui, a new cave loach from Central Vietnam
Li, X., Yang, B., Guo, Y. and Zhou, W. Journal Article 2022 Three new species of Homatula (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Yunnan, China, with comments on habitat conservation
Homatula dotui, IEBR 00439, paratype, 66.0 mm SL; dorsal and ventral view of head. Figure 2 from Nguyen et al. 2021 and used with permission of Dinh Tao Nguyen
Figure 8 from Li et al. 2022 to show the relationship of Homatula dotui to other members of the genus. Used under a Creative Commons License from an Open Access publication