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Parachiloglanis immaculata Chen, Y.-x., Tan. H.-m., Lin, P.-c., Zhang, C., Wang, L. & He, D.-k., 2024

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Description: The new species Parachiloglanis immaculata was previously misidentified as Parachiloglanis hodgarti. It can be distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characters: absence of lip fold or post-labial fold; lunate tooth patch on the upper jaw, posterolaterally arched, extending longer laterally than anteroposteriorly, width laterally about twice anteroposteriorly; nearly fused tooth patches on the lower jaw, gap invisible; gill-openings restricted to the sides of the head and extending to about one third the pectoral-fin base; pectoral fin with 16—17 rays; long and low adipose fin, ending with a discrete notch; semilunate caudal fin; presence of a punctate lateral line with small white colouration spots around the lateral-line pores; and absence of conspicuous blotch, spot, or stripe on the body and fins (Chen, Y.-x et al 2024). Etymology: The genus name Parachiloglanis: para-, near; chiloglanis, perhaps an abridgement of Euchiloglanis (=Chimarrichthys), in which type species had been placed (name could also refer to similar mouth/lip structure with the African mochokid genus Chiloglanis). The specific name immaculata: Derived from the Latin adjective, immaculatus, meaning unspotted or unstained.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Sisoridae

Distribution:

Asia: Sigong River, Beibeng, Medog Country, Xizang. China.

Size:

8.5cm (3½ins).

Temp:

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

Reference:

Chen, Y.-x., Tan. H.-m., Lin, P.-c., Zhang, C., Wang, L. & He, D.-k. (2024): Taxonomic revision of the Sisoridae (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes) fishes of the lower Yarlung Tsangpo River, with descriptions of three new species and one new record in China. Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica, 2024.
Fish in the News 2024.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Parachiloglanis immaculata
Sigong River, Beibeng, Medog Country, Xizang. China

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