Gonorhynchus, McClelland, 1838
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.3.4 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6F20F72E-AB2E-44BD-AA73-04F739D42E06 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6082388 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4D4D87EE-FFA3-FFDF-78B3-FCCAFA10311B |
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Key to Species of the genus Gonorhynchus
A dichotomous key was constructed for Gonorhynchus based on data collected here and characters reported in Menon & Jacob (1996) for G. periyarensis . Species distributions by river basin are provided in parentheses after species names.
1 Triangular rostral flaps present on tip of snout......................................... G. bicor nis (Salween River)
- Rostral flaps absent................................................................................... 2
2 Large specimens (> 65 mm SL) with tubercles on snout and cheeks............................................. 3
- Large specimens without tubercles....................................................................... 4
3 15–17 rakers on first gill arch, tubercles only on cheeks and snout....................... G. periyarensis (Periyar River)
- 20–24 rakers on first gill arch, tubercles on head, occasionally extending onto humeral, breast, and predorsal regions.......................................................................... G. wattanah (Bhima and Godavari Rivers)
4 Thick midlateral stripe coloring entirety of midlateral scales and partially coloring scales above and below; dorsolateral spots, if present, form uniform reticulated pattern; crescent-shaped spot present on 5th–6th lateral-line scales and extending onto ante- rior halves of scales above and below................................ G. burmanicus (Irrawaddy and Salween Rivers)
- Thick midlateral stripe absent, although thin stripe (less than one scale wide) may be present; dorsolateral spots, if present, forming irregular patches, not uniform reticulated pattern; crescent-shaped spot occasionally present on 5th–6th lateral-line scale.................................................................................................... 5
5 Total lateral-line scales 40 (rarely 36–38); restricted to drainages of the Bay of Bengal................................................................... G. latius (Ganges, Brahmaputra, Meghna, Subarnarerkha, and Mahanadi Rivers)
- Total lateral-line scales 35–38; restricted to drainages of the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman, and inland endorheic basins in Afghanistan and Iran.................................................................................. 6
6 Rostral fold without fringes....................................................... G. macmahoni (Dasht River) View in CoL
- Rostral fold with fringes........ G. diplochilus (Indus, Sistan, and Helmand Rivers; coastal drainages of the Gulf of Oman)
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