Abstract
Metzia longinasus, a new cultrine cyprinid species from the Hongshui-He River of the Pearl River drainage in Guangxi Province, southern China, is described here. It can be distinguished from all other congeners by having a combination of the following characters: a superior mouth, 43 or 44 lateral-line scales, a long head (length 27.2–30.8% of standard length), a long snout (length 31.7–37.0% of head length), 10 or 11 branched anal-fin rays, and no longitudinal black band extending along each side of body from the extremity of the gill opening to caudal-fin base.
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We are grateful to Dr. Hung-Du Lin (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan) for his assistance in providing a copy of one article published in Taiwan and unavailable to us. Our sincere thanks are also given to two anonymous reviewers for their critical comments and good suggestions. This research work was funded by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (NSFC No. 30570201).
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Gan, X., Lan, JH. & E Zhang Metzia longinasus, a new cyprinid species (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from the Pearl River drainage in Guangxi Province, South China. Ichthyol Res 56, 55–61 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-008-0085-7
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