A Study on The Classification of The Botoid Fishes of China

CHEN Jing-xing. 1980. A Study on The Classification of The Botoid Fishes of China. Zoological Research, 1(1): 3-26.

Citation:

CHEN Jing-xing. 1980. A Study on The Classification of The Botoid Fishes of China. Zoological Research, 1(1): 3-26.

Citation:

CHEN Jing-xing. 1980. A Study on The Classification of The Botoid Fishes of China. Zoological Research, 1(1): 3-26.

Abstract

The present paper deals with the fishes referring to the subfamily Botiinae found in the Chinese fresh-water.At present 3 genera,22 species and 2 subspecies of this subfamily have so far been known in China.Among them,Botia (Hymenophysa) yunnanensis,Parabotia lijiangensis,Parabotia bimaculata,Parabotia parua,Leptobotia guilinensis are found to be new to science.