Journal
ZOOTAXA
Volume 4878, Issue 2, Pages 335-348Publisher
MAGNOLIA PRESS
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.7
Keywords
Telangana loach; hillstream loach; molecular phylogeny; Telangana State
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- UGC, New Delhi
- DST-SERB, Govt. of India
- Kerala State Biodiversity Board, Government of Kerala, India
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A new species of hill-stream loach, Indoreonectes telanganaensis, is described from a seasonal tributary of the Godavari River at Maisamma Loddi, within the Kawal Tiger Reserve, Telangana State, India. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by a combination of characters including caudal peduncle as long as deep; eye large, its diameter about one-fifth head length; pectoral fin as long as head; nasal barbel reaching the middle of the eye; dorsal-fin origin on vertical through pelvic-fin origin; and bars on the lateral side of the body well defined and wide. We also provide multivariate morphometric, and DNA analysis based on the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequence to support the distinction of the new species.
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