Cobitis hereromacula

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cobitoidei

Familia: Cobitidae
Genus: Cobitis
Species: Cobitis hereromacula

Name

Cobitis hereromacula Chen et al., 2015

• Holotype: IHB 76iv8293.
• Paratypes: IHB 76iv8292, 76iv8228–9 (3); HU 2014207, 2014212 (2), 2014200–06, 2014208–11, 2014213, (12).

Type locality: Luohe River, Haifeng County in Guangdong Province in southern China (22°97′N, 115°37′E).

Etymology: The species name hereromacula is derived from the Greek heteros, meaning other, and macula, meaning spot, in reference to the color pattern of irregular dorsolateral speckles.

References

• Chen, Y. (陈咏霞), Sui, X. (隋晓云), Liang, N. (梁娜) & Chen, Y. (陈毅峰), 2015: Two new species of the genus Cobitis Linnaeus (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from southern China. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, First online: 21 October 2015. DOI: 10.1007/s00343-016-4277-0 Reference page.