A new record of Dasyatid fish in China: <em>Dasyatis laosensis</em>

CHEN Zi-Ming; ZHANG Xiao-Yan; QI Wen-Long; LI Jiang-Hong; XIAO Hen

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1141.2010.06675

Volume 31 Issue 6

Nov. 2010

Turn off MathJax

Article Contents

Article Navigation > Zoological Research > 2010 > 31(6): 675-676

CHEN Zi-Ming, ZHANG Xiao-Yan, QI Wen-Long, LI Jiang-Hong, XIAO Hen. A new record of Dasyatid fish in China: Dasyatis laosensis. Zoological Research, 2010, 31(6): 675-676. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1141.2010.06675

Citation:

CHEN Zi-Ming, ZHANG Xiao-Yan, QI Wen-Long, LI Jiang-Hong, XIAO Hen. A new record of Dasyatid fish in China: Dasyatis laosensis. Zoological Research, 2010, 31(6): 675-676. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1141.2010.06675

Citation:

PDF( 1102 KB)

A new record of Dasyatid fish in China: Dasyatis laosensis

doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1141.2010.06675

1.
School of Life Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China; 2. Fishery Management Station, Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Jinghong 666100, China # The authors contributed equally to this work.

Funds: This study was supported by the National Science Foundation of China (30970326, U0936602, 30870291) and the Scientific Research Foundation of Yunnan University (2008YB004).

More Information

Author Bio:
CHEN Zi-Ming, E-mail: cziming@hotmail.com
Corresponding author: CHEN Zi-Ming,XIAO Heng
Received Date: 2010-04-15
Rev Recd Date: 2010-06-04
Publish Date: 2010-12-22

Abstract

Abstract

One specimen was collected from the main course of Lancangjiang River (upper reach of Mekong) in Guanlei Port, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China in April, 2008. It is identified as Dasyatis laosensis, a new record of Dasyatidae species in China. It could be distinguished from other Dasyatis species by a combination of the following characteristics: one enlarged venomous spine on the tail, ventral surface of body with orange marginal coloration, tail length greater than body length.
- Dasyatis laosensis,
- Fish,
- New species record,
- Lancangjiang River,
- China

FullText(HTML)

References(2)

References

[1]	Kottelat M. 2001. Fishes of Laos [M]. Colombo: Wildlife Heritage Trust Publications.Rainboth WJ. 1996. Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong [M]. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.Zhu YD, Meng QW. 2001. Fauna Sinica (Cyclostomata and Chondrichthyes) [M]. Beijing: Science Press. (in Chinese)
[2]