A new species of Pectenocypris (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from peat swamps in Sumatra

Title: A new species of Pectenocypris (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from peat swamps in Sumatra

Creators: Harald Ahnelt, Arif Wibowo, Eko Prianto

Submitted May 7, 2019.
Accepted September 27, 2019.
Published online at www.senckenberg.de/vertebrate-zoology on October 1, 2019.
Published in print Q1/2020.

DOI: 10.26049/VZ70-1-2020-01
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Published by Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung

Date (Publication Year): 2019

Resource Type (General): TEXT

Resource Type (optional): Vertebrate Zoology, Scientific Article

Description: A new cyprinid species, Pectenocypris rubra, is described from peat swamps from central Sumatra (Indonesia). This species is only known from peat lakes upstream of the river Serkap, a tributary of the Kampar River. Pectenocypris rubra differs from the other four species of this genus in the following combination of characters: a distinct mid-lateral stripe, an oval black spot at the base of the caudal fin, scales in lateral midline 33, 7 – 8 pored lateral line scales, 202 gill-rakers on first gill arch, small dark grey symphyseal knob on lower jaw, and a long and narrow caudal peduncle.

Key words: Endemic, Indonesia, peat swamp, Pectenocypris rubra sp. nov., Sumatra.

Citation: Ahnelt, H., Wibowo, A., Prianto, E. (2019, in Ahnelt et al. 2020). A new species of Pectenocypris (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from peat swamps in Sumatra. Vertebrate Zoology, 70(1): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.26049/VZ70-1-2020-01