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In this study, a new sole species,\n                    <jats:italic>Soleichthys labyrinthus<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:bold>sp. nov<\/jats:bold>\n                    ., is described based on the holotype and 24 paratypes collected from the northern South China Sea and the East China Sea. This new species is readily distinguished from its congeners by a unique combination of characters: 78\u201386 dorsal-fin rays and 65\u201373 anal-fin rays; the ocular side is tawny brown, featuring a labyrinth-shaped reticulated pattern and lacking the typical transverse bands found in most congeners. The ocular-side lateral line possesses two prominent white spots, accompanied by a series of four (occasionally five) small, longitudinally arranged flaxen-white to light-brown spots occurring along both the dorsal-fin base and the anal-fin base. The caudal fin also bears a broad black transverse band followed posteriorly by a broad white marginal band. Phylogenetic analysis based on the mitochondrial cytochrome\n                    <jats:italic>c<\/jats:italic>\n                    oxidase subunit I (\n                    <jats:italic>COI<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) gene robustly supports\n                    <jats:italic>S. labyrinthus<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:bold>sp. nov<\/jats:bold>\n                    . as a distinct monophyletic lineage, while K2P genetic distances reveal deep interspecific divergence (0.182\u20130.227) from its congeners. 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