• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.236-240
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• 2005

A new species, Cobitis zhejiangensis, is described based on 32 specimens collected in the Ling River, Xianju District, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, China. The new species superficially resembles Cobitis sinensis, but is distinguished from that species by the following features: deeper body (17.3% versus 14.9% of SL), shorter caudal peduncle length (12.0% versus 13.5% of SL), deeper caudal peduncle depth (11.4% versus 9.5% of SL), color pattern of second Gambetta's zone (rounded ovoidal dots-narrow elongate bloches). Deep caudal peduncle depth and short caudal peduncle length (cpd/cpl : 95.2%) and the color pattern of second Gambetta's zone are the unique features of this species not shared with any other congener species of China.