title: Vanmanenia maculata, a new species of hillstream loach from the Chang-Jiang Basin, South China (Teleostei: Gastromyzontidae).
abstract: Vanmanenia maculata, new species, is described from the middle and lower Chang-Jiang basin in Hubei, Hunan, and Jiangxi provinces, South China. This new species, along with V. caldwelli, V. stenosoma, and V. striata, is distinguished from all other Chinese species of the genus by lacking secondary rostral barbels. It is distinct from V. caldwelli and V. striata in anus placement, rostral lobule shape, and body coloration, and from V. stenosoma in having a larger scaleless area on the ventral surface of the body and a shallower caudal-peduncle. Vanmanenia polylepis should be removed from the synonymy of V. pingchowensis and regarded as valid.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Wen-Jing
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Fisheries College, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China; Email: jzhsh@mail.hzau.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jian-Zhong
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D003531:Cypriniformes / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*