2025/07/11 by Hao-Tian Lei, Xin-Rui Pu, Yinmin Geng +3 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Fish Biology and Ecology Studies #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Identification and Quantification in Food
paper · pdf · doi:10.3897/bdj.13.e153915
openalex created_date 2025/07/11 · openalex publication_date 2025/07/11 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
The genus Balitora Grey, 1830 (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Balitoridae) includes 20 species, with two known species distributed in the Salween River and one in the Irrawaddy River. A Balitora species from the Irrawaddy River, Balitora yingjiangensis , which was previously mistakenly classified as Hemimyzon , is re-described through examination of type specimens and collection of topotypic specimens from the Jieyanghe River, a tributary of the Irrawaddy River in Nabang Town, Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province, China. Balitora yingjiangensis differs from all congeners by the following combination of characters: one pair of maxillary barbels; short predorsal length, 43.48%-36.13% SL; slender caudal peduncle, length of caudal peduncle 3.71-4.47 times of depth; shallow caudal peduncle, height of which 4.14%-4.84% SL. Molecular phylogenetic analysis supports the validity of this species and suggests a wide distribution throughout the Chinese and Burmese Irrawaddy. Balitora burmanica is not distributed in the Irrawaddy River, previous records of which from Chinese literature are mistaken records of B. yingjiangensis .