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Morphologically, the new species can be distinguished from congeneric species by the following combination of characters: dorsal-fin origin posterior to pelvic-fin origin; pectoral fins short, not reaching pelvic-fin base; pelvic-fin tip does not exceed anus; body width 10.2%\u201313.6% of standard length; eye diameter 15.5%\u201319.3% of head length; posterior chamber of swim bladder degenerated. Phylogenetic analysis of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and cytochrome b gene markers supports its species-level distinctiveness, with uncorrected p-distances ranging from 7.4% to 9.7% from closest relatives.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2108\/zs240109","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,4]],"date-time":"2025-09-04T04:25:57Z","timestamp":1756959957000},"page":"498-509","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["A New Freshwater Fish Species of the Genus Oreonectes (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) From Guangxi, China"],"prefix":"10.2108","volume":"42","author":[{"given":"Zhuo-Ni","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, 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