J. J. Wright & H. H. Ng, 2008
A new species of Liobagrus (Siluriformes: Amblycipitidae) from Southern ChinaAbstract
We describe a new species of amblycipitid catfish, Liobagrus aequilabris, from the Xiangjiang, a tributary of the Changjiang (=Yangtze River), in Guangxi province of southern China. Liobagrus aequilabris differs from its congeners by a novel combination of characters that includes: lack of large, retrorse serrations on the posterior edge of the pectoral-fin spine, having upper and lower jaws of equal length, relatively long dorsal (7.5–10.2% SL) and pectoral-fin (9.1–12.1% SL) spines, a relatively long caudal fin (20.1–26.9% SL), and relatively few post-Weberian vertebrae (35–37). This species is only known from the Xiangjiang, but may also be present in the Lijiang, a tributary of the Zhujiang (=Pearl River), due to the presence of the Lingqu canal, which connects the Xiangjiang and Lijiang.
Jeremy J. Wright and Heok Hee Ng
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Volume 157, Issue 1, pp. 37–43