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A new species of genus Microrasbora Annandale (1918), M. microphthalma, is described from the Nanwan River, a tributary of the Ruili River, Irrawaddy drainage, in southwest Yunnan province, China. This new species is the first record of the genus Microrasbora in China. Microrasbora microphthalma can be distinguished from the other species of Microrasbora by the following combination of characters: 15–16 predorsal scales, eye diameter/head length 27–38%, eye diameter/interorbital width 70–93%, predorsal length/ standard length 60–68%, the preanal length/ standard length 65–71% and the origin of dorsal fin is posterior of that of the ventral fin.
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We are deeply indebted to Du Lina and Liu Chun for help collecting specimens. Thanks are given to Maurice Kottelat for providing papers related to this study. The authors are grateful to Yang Jian and Holly Barclay who helped improve the manuscript. This work was funded by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (2007CB411600), the National Basic Research Program of China (2003CB415103), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30730017) and Major Research Plan of National Natural Science Foundation of China (90411002).
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Xiao-Yong Chen and Jun-Xing Yang contributed equally to this paper.
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Jiang, YE., Chen, XY. & Yang, JX. Microrasbora Annandale, a new genus record in China, with description of a new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Environ Biol Fish 83, 299–304 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-008-9336-8
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