A NEW SPECIES OF SINOCYCLOCHE1LUS FROM GUANGXI, CHINA (CYPRINIFORMS: BARBINAE)

The paper presents the description of a new carp of the genus Sinocyclocheilus in China.Sinocyclocheilus Jii sp. nov. (fig. 1)D. iv-7; A. iii-5; P. i-13; V. i-7; GilLrakers 7-8. Pharyngeal teeth 2, 3, 4-4, 3, 2. L. S. 48 22-24/17-19 50.Depth 3.3-3.4 in standard body length, head 3.8-3.9, length of caudal peduncle 6.7-6.8, depth of caudal peduncle 7.8-8.5. Snout 3.3-3.5 in head, eye 6.6, inte-rorbital space 2.9-3.0. Depth of caudal peduncle 1.2-1.4 in its length.Diagnosis: The new species is similar to Sinocyclocheilus malacopterus and both the two species are distinguished from all other known species in this genus, by their last soft unbranched dorsal ray. The new species differs from S. malaco-Pterus in having less scales in lateral line (48-50) and lacking serration on the hind margin of its last simple dorsal ray.Holotype: No. 桂富川 XI841101, total length 156mm, body length 130mm, collected in November, 1984 near a cave at Fuchuan County, (111°3'E, 24°8?'N) Gua-ngxi, China. Paratype: No. 桂富川 XI841102, total length 125mm, body length 102 mm, collected in the same time and location. Both holotype and paratype speci- mens are kept in the Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica.