A new species of the genus Crossostomafrom Zhejiang Province,China (Cypriniformes:Homalopteridae)

The present paper reports a new species of Crossostoma collected from Zhejiang Province,China.Crossostoma galericula Zhang sp.nov.(Fig.1).Holotype: ZH070616,total length 54.1 mm,standard length 43.0 mm,collected in June,2007 from a rivulet in Hehu Town,Qingyuan County,Zhejiang Province,China.Paratypes: 3 specimens,ZH070618(57.5 mm TL,46.5 mm SL),ZH070621(50.5 mm TL,41.0 mm SL)and ZH070622(43.4 mm SL,35.0 mm SL).All paratypes have the same locality and same time as the holotype.D.III-8;A.II-5;P.I-13;V.Ii-8.Scales in L.l.91-97.Depth of body in standard length 5.1-5.4,width of body 5.4-7.0,length of head 3.7-3.9,length of caudal peduncle 5.9-6.6,depth of caudal peduncle 7.2-8.8.Depth of head in head length 1.5-1.6,width of head 1.1-1.3,length of snout 1.8-2.1,diameter of eye 5.5-6.4,width of interorbital space 2.8-3.1.Depth of caudal peduncle in length of caudal peduncle 1.1-1.3.Width of mouth in width of head 2.2-2.5.Diagnosis: the new species has 13 sub-rostral barbells on the rostral fold.Bases of the rostral barbells are always connected to the rostral fold,and arranged in 1 row.This new species is similar to C.fasciolatus.But it can be distinguished from C.fasciolatus by the following comparisons:(1) the length of the longest rostral barbell is equal to the diameter of eye;(2) with 2 bright spots behind the sides of the dorsal fin;(3) all fins have no obvious spot;(4) naked area in abdomen extends to the base of the ventral fin.