05/28/2026
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โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐โ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ in the Minjiang River basin, representing a sympatric sister-species pair.
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โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ : a new species of freshwater goby (Teleostei, Gobiidae) from Sichuan Province, southwestern China
Open-access - https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/188225/
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Liu X, Chen Z-G, Shu Y-F, Huang J-H, Liu K, Yu Y (2026) ๐
โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ : a new species of freshwater goby (Teleostei, Gobiidae) from Sichuan Province, southwestern China. ZooKeys 1280: 333-347. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1280.188225
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A new species of freshwater goby, ๐
โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ sp. nov., is described from the upper Changjiang River basin in Sichuan Province, China, based on comparative morphology and molecular phylogeny. The new species is sister to ๐
โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐โ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ Tchang, 1939 and can be distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characters: absence of sensory canals and pores on head; cheeks and operculum without spots or stripes; second dorsal fin with 9โ11 longitudinal rows of inverted V-shaped or dash-like brown markings; incomplete brownish edges on flank scales below second dorsal fin; branchiostegal membrane bright yellow.
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The species is named after its type locality, Mengyang Town. The authors suggest ๆฟ้ณๅป่พ่้ฑผ (mรฉng yรกng wฤn xiฤ hว yรบ) as a Chinese vernacular name.
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Top - ๐
โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ sp. nov. alive. A . Male, Tuojiang River basin (holotype, IHB 0202506006); B . Female, Tuojiang River basin (Paratype, IHB 0202506007); C . Male, Qingyijiang River basin; D. Female, Qingyijiang River basin.
Bottom - Comparison of the colouration between ๐
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โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ sp. nov.
ยฉ 2026 the Author(s). Published in the journal ZooKeys. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) licence.
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