title: A new record of Dasyatid fish in China: Dasyatis laosensis.
abstract: One specimen was collected from the main course of Lancangjiang River (upper reach of Mekong) in Guanlei Port, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China in April, 2008. It is identified as Dasyatis laosensis, a new record of Dasyatidae species in China. It could be distinguished from other Dasyatis species by a combination of the following characteristics: one enlarged venomous spine on the tail, ventral surface of body with orange marginal coloration, tail length greater than body length.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China. cziming@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Zi-Ming
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiao-Yan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wen-Long
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Jiang-Hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Heng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D017753:Ecosystem; D012860:Skates, Fish / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*