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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Cypriniformes (Carps) >
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Labeoninae
Etymology: Hongshuia: Named for its Chinese type locality, ‘Pao Li,’; noun in apposition; boulobos: Name 'boulobos' from the Greek words 'bou' and 'lobos', meaning 'large' and 'lobe', in reference to the large lateral lobes of the lower lip of the new species.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; pelagic. Tropical
Asia: China.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 138665)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: lower lip with larger lateral lobes (width more than the median lobe width); sector-shaped median lobe of lower lip; caudal peduncle (16.0-18.6% SL); maxillary barbels (37.7-71.5% eye diameter); and greatly protruded peripheral part of median lobe of lower lip (Ref. 138665).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Zeng, Z.-X., C.-J. Tan, B.-L. Zhang and E. Zhang, 2026. Descriptions of two new species of the cyprinid genus Hongshuia (Pisces: Cypriniformes) from the Pearl River Basin, Southwest China, with a re-evaluation of the taxonomic status of H. paoli. Zoological Studies 65(5):1-15. (Ref. 138665)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00813 (0.00384 - 0.01719), b=3.05 (2.88 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |