In dojo loach (<i>Misgurnus anguillicaudatus</i>), although most wild types are gonochoristic diploids that genetically differentiated into 2 groups, A and B, clonal lineages appear in certain localities. Clonal loaches have been considered to hybrid origins between the groups by a series of genetic studies. this study, using FISH with newly developed probe (ManDra-A), we identified...

A new species of nemacheilid loach, Triplophysa longliensis, is described from Yudonghe River, a small tributary of Pearl River in Guizhou Province, China. It can be distinguished from other valid Triplophysa loaches by the following combination of characters: body smooth and scaleless; head tapering; lips thin and smooth; posterior chamber of gas bladder highly developed, long, bag-shaped, tip...