financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31372166);the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province of China(C2016201055)
Two spined loaches, Cobitis oxycephala Chen YX & Chen YF, sp. nov. and C. brachysoma Chen YX & Chen YF, sp. nov., are described based on specimens collected from Guangdong and Hainan Provinces, South China. Morpholo...
financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31372166);the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province of China(C2016201055)
Four loaches, Niwaella brevipinna Chen & Chen, sp. nov., N. fimbriata Chen & Chen, sp. nov., N. nigrolinea Chen & Chen, sp. nov. and N. qujiangensis Chen & Chen, sp. nov., are described based on specimens collecte...
The spined loach Cobitis taenia, is listed as a protected species under Appendix 3 of the Bern Convention and Annex II of the European Council Directive (92/43/EEC) on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild ...
financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31372166);the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province of China(C2016201055)
A new spined loach, Cobitis gracilis sp. nov., is described based on specimens collected from Jilin and Heilongjiang Provinces, China. Morphological and molecular data showed that C. gracilis sp. nov. is closely relat...
Objective:To describe the age structure,growth,reproductive characteristics and lengthweight relationship of Cobitis avicennae(C.avicennae)population inhabiting the Gamasiab River,Western Iran.Methods:C.avicennae was ...
Foundation items: This study was financially supported by an International Biodiversity Assessment Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (GJHZ201317)ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The author is indebted to Tao Qin of KIZ for his enthusiastic support during the survey to Dehong that yielded the specimen KIZ 2015000184 and subsequent}y prompted further research.
The natural distributional range of the cobitid loach Lepidocephalichthys alkaia is extended into Yunnan Province, China. The modified sexually dimorphic pectoral fin in males of L. alkaia is described.
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31372166)
Two new species of the genus Cobitis from southern China,C.hereromacula from the Luohe River in Guangdong Province and C.baishagensis from the Nandujiang River in Hainan Province,are described and illustrated here.C.h...
Selected,little known taxa of northern and central Vietnamese freshwater fish species are reviewed.Nomenclatural acts are taken:Hemibarbus lehoai is placed in synonymy of H.maculatus,Paracobitis hagiangensis in synony...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40432003 and 40662001);the State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (063106);the Cypriniformes Tree of Life under the US National Science Foundation to R. Mayden (EF0431326)
■Cobitis longipectoralis from the late early Miocene of East China is not only the most informative and best-preserved early cobitid