Species of Garra and Discogobio (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Yuanjiang (Upper Red River) Drainage of Yunnan Province, China with Description of a New Species
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.
Keywords
Discogobio, Garra micropulvinus, Garra, Placocheilus, Red River.
