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  • Title: Metzia parva, a new cyprinid species (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from south China.
    Author: Luo W, Sullivan JP, Zhao HT, Peng ZG.
    Journal: Zootaxa; 2015 May 22; 3962():226-34. PubMed ID: 26249388.
    Abstract:
    A new species of a small cyprinid fish, Metzia parva sp. nov., is described here based on specimens collected from a tributary of Hongshui-He River in the Pearl River basin at Anyang Town, Du'an County, Guangxi Province, south China. It differs from congeners in having a smaller body with a standard length of 48.3-57.7 mm (vs. 58.3-151.4 mm in other species); a complete lateral line (although some specimens show interruptions on the ventral margin above the anal-fin); 12-14 branched anal-fin rays (vs. 10-11 or 15-20); 10 branched pectoral-fin rays (vs. 11-16); 6 branched pelvic-fin rays (vs. 7-9); a longer caudal peduncle (17.8-21.7% vs. 14.8-17.4% SL); a shorter preanal length (60.9-66.0% vs. 69.0-73.0% SL) and an obviously larger interorbital width (28.4-33.0% vs. 20.2-24.7% of head length). While Metzia parva shares a lateral black stripe from the gill opening to the caudal-fin base with M. formosae, the new species can be distinguished from M. formosae by a deeper head (16.4-19.2% vs. 13.3-15.7% SL) and a longer anal fin (15.4-18.9% vs. 10.0-13.6% SL) in addition to the diagnostic characters above. Kimura's 2-parameter genetic distance between the two species is 6.6% for the barcoding region of the mitochondrial COI gene and 7.3% across the complete mitochondrial genome.
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