Fishes of the Brantian drainage, Sabah, Malaysia, with description of a new Rasbora species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

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Language

English

Creator

Wilkinson, C. L.
H. H. Tan

Source Title

The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Publication date

2018/10/17

Publisher

Dept. of Zoology, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Page

595–609

Content Type

Journal Article

Object Type

Text

Terms of Use

Open Access

Access Status

Open

Repository

NUS Libraries

Start File Page

595

End File Page

609

Volume

66

Issue

1

Call Number

QL319 NMB

Subject

Fishes -- Malaysia -- Sabah -- Classification
Fishes -- Malaysia -- Sabah -- Identification

Keyword

biodiversity
checklist
freshwater fishes
Borneo
Cyprinidae
Rasbora

Abstract

Fish surveys were conducted between 2011 and 2017 in the Brantian drainage, Sabah, Malaysia. The fish fauna of the Brantian drainage includes a total of 34 species in 14 families, of which 23 species are reported from this drainage for the first time. All recorded species except one (Oreochromis mossambicus) are native, and 25 species are endemic to Borneo. Rasbora pycnopeza, new species, is described herein, based on specimens from the Brantian drainage. Specimens of the new species were earlier identified as R. sumatrana, from which it is distinguished by a combination of characters, including: geographic distribution, slender body and distinctive caudal-fin colour pattern consisting of a thick distal black margin (covering ⅓ to ½ of upper and lower caudal fin lobes); a thin black lateral stripe and a black supraanal stripe.

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