v4i1.59
Volume 4 | Number 1 | May 2012
Major Article
ISSN: 1800-427X (print)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v4i1.59
Submitted date: 18 December 2011
Accepted date: 22 May 2012
Published date: 28 May 2012
Pp. 5–11.
Physoschistura tuivaiensis, A NEW SPECIES OF LOACH (TELEOSTEI: NEMACHEILIDAE) FROM THE TUIVAI RIVER, MANIPUR, INDIA
Yumnam Lokeshwor*, Waikhom Vishwanath & Keisham Shanta
*Corresponding author. E-mail: lokeyum24@gmail.com
Abstract
Physoschistura tuivaiensis is described from Likhailok on the Tuivai River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra River in southern Manipur, India. It is distinguished from congeneric species except P. shanensis and P. yunnaniloides by having a complete lateral line. It can be distinguished from those two species by the presence of 12-14 dark olivaceous blotches on the flank, and 15-17 dark olivaceous saddles on the back, more branched caudal fin rays, and 4+8 pores in the infraorbital canal. Examination of the holotype of Physoschistura elongata shows lip morphology different from Physoschistura, and the species is referred tentatively to Schistura.
Key words : Anatomy, freshwater, morphology, taxonomy, Brahmaputra River
Section Editor: Sven O Kullander
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v4i1.59
Submitted date: 18 December 2011
Accepted date: 22 May 2012
Published date: 28 May 2012
Pp. 5–11.
Physoschistura tuivaiensis, A NEW SPECIES OF LOACH (TELEOSTEI: NEMACHEILIDAE) FROM THE TUIVAI RIVER, MANIPUR, INDIA
Yumnam Lokeshwor*, Waikhom Vishwanath & Keisham Shanta
*Corresponding author. E-mail: lokeyum24@gmail.com
Abstract
Physoschistura tuivaiensis is described from Likhailok on the Tuivai River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra River in southern Manipur, India. It is distinguished from congeneric species except P. shanensis and P. yunnaniloides by having a complete lateral line. It can be distinguished from those two species by the presence of 12-14 dark olivaceous blotches on the flank, and 15-17 dark olivaceous saddles on the back, more branched caudal fin rays, and 4+8 pores in the infraorbital canal. Examination of the holotype of Physoschistura elongata shows lip morphology different from Physoschistura, and the species is referred tentatively to Schistura.
Key words : Anatomy, freshwater, morphology, taxonomy, Brahmaputra River
Section Editor: Sven O Kullander
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