The Three New Fish Species Beaufortia viridis, Beaufortia granulopinna and Microdous hanlini Found in China | CBCGDF Observation

Researchers from Shanghai Ocean University recently discovered three new fish species endemic to China: Beaufortia viridis, Beaufortia granulopinna and Microdous hanlini, Which were published in the international academic journals “Zoosystematics and Evolution” and “Zootaxa.”

According to the research paper published in “Zoosystematics and Evolution” , two new species, Beaufortia granulopinna and Beaufortia viridis, are described from the upper Pearl River system in southwest China. Both species share the characteristics of the Beaufortia pingi species group, including prominent vertical stripes on the lateral body and pinnate-type lower lips, distinguishing them from other Beaufortia species.

Lateral (top), dorsal (middle), and ventral (bottom) views of Beaufortia granulopinna sp. nov., holotype, adult, SHOU20240103001, 57.17 mm SL; from Lizhou River, a stream tributary of Bo′ai River of the Pearl River basin, at Tianlin County, Guangxi Province, China.


Lateral (top), dorsal (middle), and ventral (bottom) views of Beaufortia viridis sp. nov. during early juvenile and sub-adult stages. А. Early juvenile stage, SHOU20240103623, from type locality, 12.64 mm SL, pelvic fins completely separated; B. Sub-adult stage, SHOU20240103102, paratype, 25.81 mm SL. 

According to the research paper published in “Zootaxa”, Microdous hanlini, is the second new species in the genus Microdous discovered by the team after Microdous amblyrhynchos. It is found in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and is named in honor of Professor Wu Hanlin, a renowned ichthyologist at Shanghai Ocean University.


Microdous hanlini sp. nov., SOU1801015–8, holotype, 112.0 mm standard length, Du’an, Guangxi. A lateral Bventral C dorsal. Source: Li Chenhong et al.

References:
1.Chen J-C, Li J-J, Tang W-Q, Pu X-R, Lei H-T (2024) Taxonomic resolution of the hillstream suck-loach Beaufortia pingi species group (Cypriniformes, Gastromyzontidae) and two new species from Southwest China– Beaufortia granulopinna and Beaufortia viridis. Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(3): 941-963. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.100.124370

2.https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5477.3.6

DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5477.3.6

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