Draconectes, Kottelat & Ch-, 2012

Kottelat, Maurice, 2012, Draconectes narinosus, a new genus and species of cave fish from an island of Halong Bay, Vietnam (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 119 (3), pp. 341-349 : 342

Draconectes new genus

TYPE SPECIES: Draconectes­narinosus, new species.

DIAGNOSIS: Draconectes is distinguished from the other genera of the family by having pores of the lateral line system on body and head situated at the tip of small papillae, and a row of papillae (apparently with pores) along each side of the base of the dorsal-fin. Other characters, not unique to the genus, are: 7+6 branched caudal-fin rays; conspicuous dorsal and ventral crests on caudal peduncle; nostrils adjacent, posterior one broader than anterior one, anterior one broad and situated at the tip of a short tube; lips thin and smooth; body without scales; eye absent.

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ETYMOLOGY: From the Greek δRaKων (drakon; a dragon), and νηKTηζ (nectes; a swimmer); a reference to the habitat of the only known species of the genus, on an island of Halong Bay. Halong means 'descending dragon' and is derived from the local legend that dragons created the landscape of the bay. Gender masculine.