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03EA87F4FF905E17DEB75E93FDB8F936.text	03EA87F4FF905E17DEB75E93FDB8F936.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sarcocheilichthys Bleeker 1860	<div><p>Sarcocheilichthys Bleeker, 1860</p><p>Sarcocheilichthys Bleeker, 1860: 435 .</p><p>Barbodon Dybowski, 1872: 216 .</p><p>Chilogobio Berg, 1914: 488 .</p><p>Georgichthys Nichols, 1918: 17 .</p><p>Exoglossops Fowler &amp; Bean, 1920: 311 .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EA87F4FF905E17DEB75E93FDB8F936	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Chen, I-Shiung;Li, Hsien-En	Chen, I-Shiung, Li, Hsien-En (2024): A new rainbow gudgeon of Sarcocheilichthys (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Fujian Province, China with redescriptions of S. hainanensis. Zootaxa 5550 (1): 258-270, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.26, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.26
03EA87F4FF905E12DEB75DAAFAA9FEF1.text	03EA87F4FF905E12DEB75DAAFAA9FEF1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sarcocheilichthys hainanensis Nichols & Pope 1927	<div><p>Sarcocheilichthys hainanensis Nichols &amp; Pope, 1927</p><p>(Figs 1, 4–7)</p><p>Sarcocheilichthys hainanensis Nichols &amp; Pope, 1927: 352, Fig. 21, Pl. 26 (fig. 3)</p><p>( holotype: AMNH 8370,</p><p>Nodoa, Hainan Island, China); Chevey &amp; Lemasson, 1937: 44; Kottelat 2001: 39; Kottelat 2001: 79; Kottelat 2013: 158; An et al. 2020: 217</p><p>Sarcocheilichthys nigripinnis hainanensis: Bănărescu &amp; Nalbant 1967; Yu 1986.</p><p>Materials Examined.   NTOUP-2013-05-026, 3 specimens, 50.80–85.14 mm SL; Baisha County, Hainan Island. PRC; coll. I-S.  Chen et al., 26 May 2013  .</p><p>Diagnosis. The Hainan rainbow gudgeon  Sarcocheilichthys hainanensis can be distinguished from its congeners by the following unique combination of characters: (1) fin rays: D 3+7; A 3+6; P 1 1+14; P 2 1+7; (2) scales: LL 39– 40; TR 8; PreD 11; (3) vertebral count 4+33; (4) body feathers: body overall slender; pharyngeal teeth in 1 row; lip lobes bulb-like; barbles absent; male individuals with a finger-like protrusion posterior to anus; and (5) coloration: body with a lateral streak posterior from gill slits to caudal fin base; dorsal fin with a single black streak and black blotch; upper and lower caudal fin edges with single black streaks.</p><p>Redescription. Body proportions as shown in Table 1, frequencies of meristic counts in Table 2. Body spindle-shaped, depth greatest at dorsal fin base. Body profile slightly convex anterior to dorsal fin base and slightly concave posterior towards caudal peduncle base. Snout bluntly, large male individual with a slight concave. Mouth inferiorly positioned; upper jaw prominent, posterior end of gape doesn’t reach beyond middle-vertical position of orbit; both jaws retractable, outstretching downward. Upper lip thick; tip of lower lip with thin horny sheath. Pharyngeal teeth in one row. Lower lip with two lateral lobes (Fig. 4B), short and bulb-like, situated along lower jaw, anterior end pointing towards tip of lower jaw, connecting to upper lip posteriorly. Barbles absent. Male individuals with a short, finger-like extension just posterior to anus (Fig. 7C). Vertebrae 4+33.</p><p>Fins. Dorsal fin with 3 unbranched rays and 7 branched rays (3); anal fin with 3 unbranched rays and 6 branched rays (3); pectoral fins with 1 unbranched ray and 14 branched rays (3); pelvic fins with 1 unbranched ray and 7 branched rays (3). All fins flexible. Dorsal fin origin anterior to pelvic fin insertions. Pectoral fins horizontal, slightly longer in length than head, posterior tips not extending beyond pelvic fin insertions. Posterior tip of pelvic fins extending beyond anus when compressed. Caudal fin forked, upper and lower lobes equal in length and shape. All fins without elongated rays.</p><p>Squamation. Lateral line pored scales 39 (3); transverse scale rows 8 (3); predorsal scales 11 (2) or 12 (1). All scales cycloid, moderately big, no exceptionally enlarged scales. Head completely naked, predorsal regions scaled until vertical position of upper edge of gill slit. Thoracic region and abdomen scaled; anus almost covered by scales. Lateral line complete.</p><p>Coloration in preservatives. Body yellow (caused by long-term preservation), dorsal side of body dark above lateral line (dark regions restricted in dorsal side of body in juveniles), and blotchless below lateral line. Body with a thick lateral streak from gill slits to caudal fin base, width about three rows of scales. Head yellowish with dorsal side black until lower rim of orbit, ventral side and thoracic region weakly pigmented. A black, slight oval-shaped spot just posterior to opercle with upper end below lateral line (Fig. 6B). Dorsal fin with a broad stripe along unbranched rays and a single blotch located at median-posterior part (Fig. 5B). Pectoral fins, pelvic fins and anal fin with black shade or vague blotches between branched rays. Both lobes of caudal fin with a broad black smear located at upper and lower edges.</p><p>Remarks. The Hainan rainbow gudgeon  Sarcocheilichthys hainanensis can be differentiated from its Chinese congeneric species,  S. sinensis and  S. lacustris, by its broad mid-lateral stripe (vs. having broad transverse bands), and from  S. sciistius,  S. parvus, and  S. caobangensis by its mid-lateral stripe not extending anteriorly to snout tip across orbit (vs. stripe extending to snout tip).  S. hainanensis can also be differentiated from  S. nigripinnis and  S. davidi in having only one row of pharyngeal teeth (vs. both having two rows), and further separated from the former in having a finger-like protrusion posterior to the anus in male individuals (vs. no such character), dorsal fin markings (single stripe and a posterior blotch vs. weakly pigmented), smaller head (18.26% in SL vs. 20.17% in SL), and smaller caudal peduncle depth (11.83% in SL vs. 13.31% in SL) (see Table 1).</p><p>Distribution.  Sarcocheilichthys hainanensis has been known so far only from Hainan Island, PRC.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EA87F4FF905E12DEB75DAAFAA9FEF1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Chen, I-Shiung;Li, Hsien-En	Chen, I-Shiung, Li, Hsien-En (2024): A new rainbow gudgeon of Sarcocheilichthys (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Fujian Province, China with redescriptions of S. hainanensis. Zootaxa 5550 (1): 258-270, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.26, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.26
03EA87F4FF955E1CDEB75AEFFAEBF9B9.text	03EA87F4FF955E1CDEB75AEFFAEBF9B9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sarcocheilichthys hanjiangensis Chen & Li 2024	<div><p>Sarcocheilichthys hanjiangensis Chen &amp; Li,  new species</p><p>(Figs 2–6)</p><p>Materials Examined</p><p>Holotype: NTOUP-2008-12-004, 53.02 mm SL; Ting Jiang, tributary of Hanjiang, Changtin County, Longyan City, Fujian Province, PRC; coll. I-S. Chen et al., 4 December 2008 .</p><p>Paratypes: All paratypes were collected with the holotype. NTOUP-2008-12-005, 12 (44.85–57.94 mm SL) .</p><p>Diagnosis. The Hanjiang rainbow gudgeon,  Sarcocheilichthys hanjiangensis, can be distinguished from its congeners by the following unique combination of characters (counts for holotype marked with an asterisk): (1) fin rays: D 3+7*; A 3+6*; P 1 1+14*; P 2 1+7*; (2) scales: LL 37*–39; TR 8*–9; PreD 10*; (3) vertebral count 4+33*; (4) body features: body relatively robust. Pharyngeal teeth in 2 rows. Lip lobes elongated, spindle-like with blunt anterior end; barbles absent. Male individuals with a finger-like protrusion posterior to anus; female ovipositor short, with a simple tube-like opening; and (5) coloration: body scattered with patches of black blotch; fins whitishorange; dorsal fin with a tadpole-like blotch.</p><p>Description. Body proportions as shown in Table 1, frequencies of meristic counts in Table 2. Counts for holotype marked with an asterisk. Body spindle-shaped, depth greatest at dorsal fin base, and slightly compressed laterally. Body profile slightly convex anterior to dorsal fin base and straight posterior towards posterior end of caudal peduncle dorsally and ventrally. Snout blunt. Mouth slightly oblique, inferiorly positioned; upper jaw prominent, posterior end of gape touches the anterior edge of orbit but not succeeding; both jaws retractable, outstretching downward. Upper lip thin; tip of lower lip with well-developed horny sheath. Pharyngeal teeth in two rows (Fig. 3), longer teeth hook-like. Lower lip with two lateral lobes (Fig. 4A), elongated and narrow, situated along lower jaw, anterior end pointing towards tip of lower jaw, connecting to upper lip posteriorly. Barbles absent. Anus located in middle between pelvic fin insertion and anal fin origin. Male individuals with a short, finger-like extension just posterior to anus (Fig. 7A). Female individuals with ovipositor, length not extending to anal fin origin, ovipositor tube gradually reduced posteriorly until shaping like a bottleneck at posterior tip with a simple pore opening (Fig. 7B). Vertebrae 4+33.</p><p>Fins. Dorsal fin with 3 unbranched rays and 7 branched rays (13); anal fin with 3 unbranched rays and 6 branched rays (13); pectoral fins with 1 unbranched ray and 14 branched rays (13); pelvic fins with 1 unbranched ray and 7 branched rays (13). All fins flexible. Both dorsal fin and anal fin with exceptionally short first unbranched ray. Dorsal fin origin anterior to pelvic fin insertions, posterior end of fin base about vertical position of anus. Pectoral fins almost horizontal, almost same length as head, posterior tips not surpassing pelvic fin insertions. Posterior tip of pelvic fins extending beyond anus when compressed. Caudal fin forked, upper and lower lobes equal in length and shape, posterior tips rounded. All fins without elongated rays in both sexes.</p><p>Squamation. Lateral line pored scales 37* (4), 38 (7), or 39 (2); transverse scale rows 8* (9) or 9 (4); predorsal scales 9 (3) or 10* (10). All scales cycloid and in moderate size; no exceptionally enlarged scales. Head completely naked, predorsal regions scaled until vertical position of the upper edge of gill slit. Thoracic region and abdomen scaled; anus almost covered by scales. Lateral line complete, almost straight with anterior end slightly curved upwards.</p><p>Coloration and markings when fresh. See Fig. 2. Body creamy yellow, dorsal side black, not reaching downward beyond lateral line. Scales with black spots posteriorly, forming irregular blotch patches. Rows of relatively regularly lined black spots aside lateral line, forming a vague lateral stripe. Head yellowish with dorsal side black until lower rim of orbit, ventral side until thoracic region white. Ventral side of body whitish yellow. A narrow, black marking just posterior to opercle, upper side narrow and round on lower side, width no more than one scale, shaping like an elongated teardrop, and upper end not extending upwards beyond lateral line (Fig. 6A). Dorsal fin yellowish orange with a large, tadpole-shaped blotch from base of second and third branched ray until covering tips of third unbranched ray to third branched ray (Fig. 5A). Pectoral fins, pelvic fins, and anal fin white with an orangish yellow shade medially, scattered with bits of pigmentation between branched rays. Caudal fin milky yellow with two stripes along unbranched rays on both lobes, scattered with bits of black spots between these stripes.</p><p>Colouration in preservatives. Body overall yellowish (caused by long-term preservations), all shades of color faded. All blotches remain intact, body with a lateral stripe extending from gill slits to caudal fin base. All fins whitish.</p><p>Remarks. The characters of having a vague lateral stripe and body mottled with black blotch patches can be employed to initially differentiate the new species  Sarcocheilichthys hanjiangensis from its Chinese congeneric species,  S. sinensis and  S. lacustris (both having three to four large patches of transverse bands), and  S. sciistius,  S. parvus, and  S. caobangensis (all three having clear lateral stripe extending from snout tip to caudal fin base).  S. hanjiangensis can also be differentiated from  S. kiangsiensis by its absence of barbels (vs. barbels present), fewer lateral line scales (37–39 vs. 42–44), higher pharyngeal teeth row counts (2 vs. 1), and a relatively robust head (20.26% in SL vs 25% in SL), and from  S. hainanensis by having higher pharyngeal teeth row counts (2 vs. 1), lower predorsal scale counts (9–10 vs. 11–12), a shorter caudal peduncle length (20.59% in SL vs. 21.26% in SL), a greater caudal peduncle depth (12.94% in SL vs. 11.83% in SL), a lower lip lobe morphology (long and narrow vs. short, bulb-like) (Fig. 4A; 4B), dorsal fin markings (tadpole-like blotch vs. single stripe along unbranched ray) (Fig. 5A; 5B), and a post-opercle blotch pattern (narrow, elongated teardrop shape vs. slight oval shaped blotch below lateral line)(Fig. 6A; 6B) (Table 1; 2).</p><p>S. hanjiangensis is most similar to  S. nigripinnis and  S. davidi in overall fin ray and scale counts, body proportions, and pharyngeal teeth row counts. However,  S. hanjiangensis can be distinguished from  S. nigripinnis by its male anus morphology (having a finger-like protrusion vs. no such character), female ovipositor length (not reaching anal fin origin vs. extending beyond anal fin origin) and ovipositor opening morphology (single pore vs. pedal shaped) (Fig. 7B; 7E), dorsal fin markings (tadpole-like blotch vs. dusky, slightly pigmented) (Fig. 5A; 5C), body markings (vague lateral streak with patches of spots vs. large, connected patches of pigmentation) (Fig. 1B; 2), and post-opercle blotch pattern (narrow, elongated teardrop shape vs. thin, single blotch below lateral line) (Fig. 6A; 6C).  S. hanjiangensis can be further distinguished from  S. davidi by its lower lip lobe morphology (narrow and long, situated along lower jaw vs. slightly bulbish, anterior end pointing towards midline of lower jaw), dorsal fin markings (tadpole-like blotch vs. dusky, slightly pigmented), body markings (vague lateral streak with patches of spots vs. large, connected patches of pigmentation), and post-opercle blotch pattern (narrow, elongated teardrop shape vs. single thin blotch below lateral line).</p><p>Etymology. The specific name,  hanjiangensis, refers to Hanjiang, a river system of Fujian Province that runs through Changtin County, where the types of the new species were collected.</p><p>Distribution.  Sarcocheilichthys hanjiangensis sp. nov. has been known so far only from its type locality.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EA87F4FF955E1CDEB75AEFFAEBF9B9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Chen, I-Shiung;Li, Hsien-En	Chen, I-Shiung, Li, Hsien-En (2024): A new rainbow gudgeon of Sarcocheilichthys (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Fujian Province, China with redescriptions of S. hainanensis. Zootaxa 5550 (1): 258-270, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.26, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.26
