2025/08/26 by Hao-Tian Lei, Xin-Rui Pu, Hongfu Yang +5 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Fish Biology and Ecology Studies #Identification and Quantification in Food #Ichthyology and Marine Biology
paper · pdf · doi:10.3897/zse.101.157180
openalex publication_date 2025/08/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
A new species of cave-dwelling hillstream loach (Balitoridae, Cypriniformes), Balitora dehouensis sp. nov. is described from a cave in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. Balitora dehouensis sp. nov. is confirmed to be a distinct species by morphological and phylogenetic analysis based on the mitochondrial cytochrome b (Cyt b ) gene and cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 ( COI ) gene as well as the nuclear recombination activating gene 1 (RAG1), interphotoreceptor retinoid binding protein (IRBP), and early growth response protein 2B (EGR2B). Balitora ludongensis is confirmed to be the third cave-dwelling member of Balitora , after B. anlongensis and B. dehouensis .