Huang Yanfei, Yang Junxing, Chen Xiaoyong
State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650223, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; Email: unknown.
State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650223, China; Email:
Zootaxa. 2014 Apr 30;3793:379-86. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.3.6.
Stenorynchoacrum xijiangensis, a new genus and a new species of Cyprinidae, is described from a tributary of the Zhujiang River (Pearl River) in Guangxi Province, China. It can be distinguished from other genera of Labeoninae by the following characters: middle part of rostral cap undeveloped, narrow, only covering the base of the upper jaw, both sides of rostral cap well developed and extending upward, rostral cap connected the lower lip with free lateral margin, the median part of lower lip protruded to form a round fleshy pad, whose posterior margin continuous with the mental region.
西江窄吻鲃，鲤科一新属新种，采自中国广西珠江（珠江）的一条支流。它可通过以下特征与野鲮亚科的其他属区分开来：吻皮中部不发达，狭窄，仅覆盖上颌基部，吻皮两侧发达并向上延伸，吻皮与下唇相连，外侧边缘游离，下唇中部突出形成一个圆形肉质垫，其后缘与颏部连续。
