Choudhury Hrishikesh, Mukhim D Khlur B, Dey Abhinit, Warbah Deisakee P, Sarma Dandadhar
Department of Zoology, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam 781014 (India).
Zootaxa. 2019 Nov 27;4701(2):zootaxa.4701.2.5. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.2.5.
Schistura syngkai, a new stone loach, is described from the Twahdidoh Stream of Wahblei River (Surma-Meghna drainage) in Meghalaya, northeast India. It is unique among its Indian congeners in having a prominent dark-brown to blackish mid-lateral stripe about an eye diameter or more in width, overlain on 12-18 vertically-elongate black blotches on a golden-brown to amber body. Additionally, the species possesses an incomplete lateral line and a slightly emarginate caudal fin, and exhibits no apparent sexual dimorphism.
新种石爬鮡——辛氏石爬鮡，采自印度东北部梅加拉亚邦瓦布累河（苏尔马-梅克纳河水系）的特瓦迪多溪流。它在印度同属鱼类中独具特色，体呈金棕色至琥珀色，具一条宽度约为眼径或更宽的显著深棕色至黑色的体侧中线，中线下方有12至18个垂直拉长的黑色斑块。此外，该物种侧线不完整，尾鳍略凹，且无明显的两性异形。
