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This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: presence of color pattern; swim bladder degenerated; black longitudinal stripe from posterior upper pectoral fin to caudal-fin base; dorsal-fin origin posterior to pelvic-fin origin; tip of pelvic fin not reaching anus; caudal fin with irregular black markings; caudal fin rounded; maxillary barbel not reaching posterior margin of opercula; without dark brown V-shaped marking on dorsal surface of head; 16 branched caudal-fin rays; and 12 inner-gill rakers on first gill arch (Ref. 138278). Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Chen, Z.-N., C.-H. Mo, L.-N. Du and L.-N. Zhang, 2025. Oreonectes qinae (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae),
a new loach species from Guangxi, China. ZooKeys 1255:365-377. (Ref. 138278)
