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Vol. 44 No. 4, 2005
Species of Garra and Discogobio (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Yuanjiang (Upper Red River) Drainage of Yunnan Province, China with Description of a New Species
Wei Zhou1,2,*, Xiao-Fu Pan1, and Maurice Kottelat3
1Faculty of Conservation Biology, Southwest Forestry College, Kunming, Yunnan 650224, Chin
2Faculty of Life Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan 650091, China
3Route
de la Baroche 12, Case postale 57, CH-2952 Cornol, Switzerland
(permanent address); Research Associate, Raffles Museum of Biodiversity
Research, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge 119260,
Singapore. E-mail: mkottelat@dplanet.ch
Wei Zhou, Xiao-Fu Pan, and Maurice Kottelat (2005) The species of Garra Hamilton and Discogobio
Lin from the Yuanjiang (Red River) drainage in Yunnan Province, China
are reviewed. Six species are recorded. Placocheilus Wu is a synonym of
Garra. Garra alticorpora Chu and Cui is a synonym of G. imberba Garman (the G. pingi Tchang of earlier authors). Garra micropulvinus, a new species, is unique among Garra
in having a median notch in the posterior margin of the oral sucking
disc and 2-7 small fleshy buds between the skin fold and the side of
the median pad.
Key words: Discogobio, Garra micropulvinus, Garra, Placocheilus, Red River.
*Correspondence: Tel: 86-871-3862458 Fax: 86-871-3863635. E-mail: weizhou@public.km.yn.cn
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