title: Rhodeus albomarginatus, a new bitterling (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Acheilognathinae) from China.
abstract: Rhodeus albomarginatus, new species, is described from the Lvjiang River, a tributary flowing into Poyang Lake of Yangtze River basin, in Anhui Province, China. It is distinguished from all congeneric species by unique combination of characters: branched dorsal-fin rays 10; branched anal-fin rays 10-11; longest simple rays of dorsal and anal fins strong and stiff, distally segmented; pelvic fin rays i 6; longitudinal scale series 34-36; transverse scale series 11; pored scales 4-7; vertebrae 33-34; colour pattern of adult males (iris black, belly reddish-orange, central part of caudal fin red, dorsal and anal fins of males edged with white margin).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biodiversity Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.; Email: lfaqua@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University Museum, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. 113-0033, Japan.; Email: araryo@um.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Ryoichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D049872:Bivalvia; D002681:China; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D045483:Rivers