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Zootaxa 3962 (1): 171 178 www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Copyright 2015 Magnolia Press Article http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.9 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:df1f7ce2-6d57-426f-9b87-e12d17fd0a5e ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) ZOOTAXA ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) Psilorhynchus kaladanensis, a new species (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from Mizoram, northeastern India LALRAMLIANA 1, LALNUNTLUANGA 2 & SAMUEL LALRONUNGA 2 1 Department of Zoology, Pachhunga University College, Aizawl-Mizoram, India, 796001. E-mail: lrl_zoo@yahoo.co.in 2 Department of Environmental Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl-Mizoram, India, 796 004. E-mail: tluanga_249@rediffmail.com; samuellrna@gmail.com Abstract Psilorhynchus kaladanensis, a new psilorhynchid, is described from the Kaladan basin of Mizoram, India. The new species is diagnosed by having the following combination of characters: caudal fin with small but distinct dark brown triangular spot at mid-base, slightly elongated dark mark near base of lower lobe, indistinct V-shaped vertical bar across center, dark brown oblique bar across fin anterior to center; absence of scales on mid-ventral region between pectoral fins; anteriormost branchiostegal ray greatly reduced in length; 32 33 total vertebrae; 30 32 lateral-line scales; caudal fin with 10+9 principal rays. Key words: new species, diversity, Indo-Myanmar, Sittwe Introduction The genus Psilorhynchus McClelland, commonly referred to as torrent minnows, inhabit fast flowing rivers and streams of the Ganges-Brahmaputra drainage, Peninsular India, Ayeyarwaddy drainage of India and Myanmar, Ann Chaung drainage and Ataran River drainage of Myanmar, and Kaladan drainage of northeastern India (Rainboth, 1983; Conway & Kottelat, 2007; Arunachalam & Muralidharan, 2008; Conway & Kottelat, 2010; Lalramliana et al., 2014). Psilorhynchus is characterized by an arched dorsum, flattened ventral surface, small and inferior mouth, projecting snout, lack of barbels, uniserial pharyngeal teeth, gill-membranes joined broadly to isthmus with aperture extending ventrally to base of pectoral fin, horizontally inserted paired fins, naked breast and atleast 8 scale rows between anus and anal fin (Rainboth, 1983). Twenty-three species of Psilorhynchus are considered valid: P. sucatio (Hamilton), P. balitora (Hamilton), P. homaloptera Hora & Mukerji, P. rowleyi (Hora & Misra), P. pseudecheneis Menon & Datta, P. nudithoracicus Tilak & Husain, P. microphthalmus Vishwanath & Manojkumar, P. arunachalensis (Nebeshwar, Bagra & Das), P. amplicephalus Arunachalam, Muralidharan & Sivakumar, P. robustus Conway & Kottelat, P. tenura Arunachalam & Muralidharan, P. breviminor Conway & Mayden, P. nepalensis Conway & Mayden, P. rahmani Conway & Mayden, P. pavimentatus Conway & Kottelat, P. melissa Conway & Kottelat, P. brachyrhynchus Conway & Britz, P. piperatus Conway & Britz, P. gokkyi Conway & Britz, P. maculatus Shangningam & Vishwanath, P. chakpiensis Shangningam & Vishwanath, P. hamiltoni Conway, Dittmer, Jezicek & Ng, and P. khopai Lalramliana, Solo, Lalronunga & Lalnuntluanga. Recent investigation in the Kaladan River and its tributaries in Mizoram, northeastern India, included a species of Psilorhynchus that could not be identified. Detailed comparisons of this material with congeners revealed it to belong to an unnamed species. The description of this material as Psilorhynchus kaladanensis, new species, forms the basis of this study. Accepted by L. M. Page: 29 Mar. 2015; published: 22 May 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 171

FIGURE 1. Psilorhynchus kaladanensis, holotype, PUCMF 14008, 41.7 mm SL, a) dorsal, b) lateral and c) ventral view; (d) paratype, PUCMF 14009, 50.7 mm SL, lateral view. 172 Zootaxa 3962 (1) 2015 Magnolia Press LALRAMLIANA ET AL.

Materials and methods Specimens were fixed in 10% formalin and later transferred to 70% ethanol. Counts, measurements and other aspects of the description follow Conway et al. (2013). Measurements were made point to point with digital calipers to the nearest 0.1 mm. Measurements of body parts are given as proportions of standard length (SL). Subunits of the head are presented as proportions of head length (HL). For vertebral counts and other osteological studies, specimens were cleared and stained in alizarin. Vertebral counts include the first four vertebrae of the Weberian apparatus. Fin rays were counted using a stereomicroscope and were confirmed through cleared and stained specimens. Numbers in parentheses after a meristic value indicate the frequency of that value. Type specimens were deposited at the Pachhunga University College Museum of Fishes (PUCMF), Mizoram, India, and Mizoram University Biodiversity Museum (MZUBM), Mizoram, India. Other collection codes used herein are: ZSI/ERS for Eastern Regional Station, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong, Meghalaya, India, and ZSI for Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. Psilorhynchus kaladanensis, new species (Fig. 1 a d) Type material. Holotype: PUCMF 14008, 41.7 mm SL; India: Mizoram: Tuisi River, a tributary of Kaladan River in the vicinity of Khopai village, 22 11'51"N 92 02'16"E; Samuel Lalronunga et al., 7 Mar. 2012. Paratypes: PUCMF 14009 (14), 37.4 52.2 mm SL; MZUBM/F. 140004 140006 (3), 39.7 50.2 mm SL; PUCMF 14010 (5), 37.6 40.6 mm SL (cleared and stained); same data as holotype. Diagnosis. Psilorhynchus kaladanensis belongs to the P. balitora species group, distinguished by having a greatly reduced anteriormost branchiostegal ray and a post-epiphysial fontanelle that is smaller than the preepiphysial fontanelle (Conway, 2011). It is distinguished from all other species of the P. balitora species group in having the following combination of characters: caudal fin with small but distinct dark brown triangular spot at mid-base, slightly elongated dark mark near base of lower lobe, indistinct V-shaped vertical bar across center, dark brown oblique bar across fin anterior to center; 5 6 unbranched pectoral-fin rays; 10+9 principal caudal-fin rays; 30 32 lateral-line scales; 3 branchiostegal rays; 32 33 total vertebrae; absence of scales on mid-ventral region between pectoral fins; absence of larger scales at pelvic-fin origin. TABLE 1. Morphometric characters for Psilorhynchus kaladanensis (n=23). Ranges include values of holotype. holotype mean SD range Standard length (mm) 41.7 37.4 52.2 % standard length Body depth 19.2 19.5 0.8 18.1 20.9 Head length 22.5 22.9 0.8 21.6 24.2 Predorsal length 48.2 49.1 1.2 46.8 50.9 Prepectoral length 21.1 22.0 1.1 20.6 23.9 Prepelvic length 49.2 50.9 1.5 48.6 53.2 Preanal length 78.9 80.9 1.4 78.9 82.7 Distance from snout to anus 59.5 59.5 1.1 57.5 61.7 Distance from anus to anal-fin origin 19.9 20.0 0.9 17.6 21.5 Caudal-peduncle length 11.5 11.3 0.9 9.4 13.3 Caudal-peduncle depth 9.1 8.9 0.4 8.4 9.6 Caudal-peduncle width 4.6 4.8 0.6 3.6 6.2 Pectoral-fin length 24.9 25.3 1.1 22.6 26.9 Pelvic-fin length 21.3 21.7 1.1 19.8 23.4 Length of last unbranched anal ray 18.2 17.8 1.1 16.1 19.6 Length of last unbranched dorsal ray 25.4 23.9 1.2 22.2 26.3 % head length Head width 76 73 2.5 69 76 Head depth 61 59 1.8 56 62 Eye diameter 27 28 1.5 26 31 Snout length 48 50 1.9 48 53 Interorbital width 37 36 2.4 33 40 Mouth width 30 32 1.7 29 34 NEW PSILORHYNCHUS FROM KALADAN BASIN, MIZORAM Zootaxa 3962 (1) 2015 Magnolia Press 173

Description. See Table 1 for morphometric characters, and Figure 1 for general appearance. Head depressed; body compressed and elongate. Dorsal profile gently rising from tip of snout to origin of dorsal fin then sloping steeply towards caudal peduncle, body depth greatest at dorsal-fin origin. Ventral surface flattened from lower jaw to caudal-fin base. Head wider than deep. Eye ovoid, moderately large, not visible from ventral view, located slightly posterior on head. Mouth inferior, snout rounded without transverse groove on dorsum, ventral surface bordered by deep longitudinal groove on each side. Tubercles minute, conical with pointed tips over entire surface of snout, rostral cap, skin fold lateral to mouth, lateral and dorsal surfaces of head. Rostral cap and upper lip fused, separated by deep groove. Lower lip soft, not continuous with upper lip around corner of mouth. Lower jaw covered by thick squarish soft tissue, papillated, continuous with skin of isthmus and connected with rostral cap by posterolateral skin fold around corner of mouth (Fig. 2). FIGURE. 2. Psilorhynchus kaladanensis, paratype, PUCMF 14009, 50.7 mm SL, ventral view of head. Pre-epiphysial fontanelle moderate, rod shaped, extending posteriorly to middle of orbit. Post-epiphysial fontanelle small, restricted to posterodorsal surface of neurocranium, positioned between supraoccipital and parietal, without contact to frontal. Five infraorbital bones (IO1-5); IO1-3 platelike; IO1 biggest; IO4-5 reduced in 174 Zootaxa 3962 (1) 2015 Magnolia Press LALRAMLIANA ET AL.

width. Gill membranes joined to isthmus. Basihyal short, paddle-shaped, greatly expanded at anterior edge. Fifth ceratobranchial with 4 needle-like pharyngeal teeth, arranged in single row. Branchiostegal rays 3, anteriormost ray greatly reduced in length. Swim bladder coated by thick peritoneal membrane. Anterior chamber large, partially enclosed in bony cavity anteriorly by lateral process of 2 nd vertebral centrum and laterally by outer arm of os suspensorium; posterior chamber greatly reduced in females. Dorsal-fin rays iii9 (23); anal-fin rays ii6 (23); principal caudal-fin rays 10+9 (23), dorsal procurrent rays 6, ventral procurrent rays 4. Pelvic-fin rays ii7 (23); pectoral-fin rays v10 (9), v11 (4), vi9 (5) or vi10 (5). Pectoral fin horizontally placed, adpressed fin tip almost reaching pelvic-fin origin. Pelvic-fin origin posterior to dorsal-fin origin, insertion vertical through 2 nd branched rays of dorsal fin. Anus between pelvic fins. Caudal fin deeply emarginate, upper lobe slightly longer than lower lobe. Scales cycloid and large, radii directed posteriorly; 30 (7), 31 (11) or 32 (5) along lateral line, plus 1 2 on base of caudal fin; 3.5/1/2 transverse scale rows from dorsal-fin origin to pelvic-fin origin, 10 around caudal peduncle, 10 11 on predorsal region, 8 9 between anus and anal-fin origin. Scales absent on mid-ventral region between pectoral fins. Total number of vertebrae (abdominal + caudal vertebrae): 22+10 = 32 (3) or 22+11 = 33 (2). FIGURE 3. Type locality of Psilorhynchus kaladanenesis (black dot). NEW PSILORHYNCHUS FROM KALADAN BASIN, MIZORAM Zootaxa 3962 (1) 2015 Magnolia Press 175

Coloration. In 70% ethanol, body background light brown dorsally and laterally, light creamish ventrally. Scales on flank and dorsal surface edged with dark pigment. Flank with 7 9 small round to squarish dark brown blotches in a longitudinal row. Dark pigment between pores of lateral line, forming an indistinct lateral streak. Top of head with distinct dark brown blotch at middle of inter-orbit, and occiput with a heart-shaped dark brown blotch. Two indistinct saddles on dorsal surface between occiput and dorsal-fin origin, first situated closer to occiput than to dorsal-fin origin, extending between 3 rd 5 th predorsal scales; second saddle at 9 th 11 th predorsal scales just anterior to dorsal-fin origin. Four distinctive saddles along dorsal surface posterior to dorsal-fin origin. First between insertions of 3 6 branched dorsal-fin rays, second between dorsal- and anal-fin origin, third at vertical through insertions of anal-fin rays and fourth just anterior to caudal-fin base. Saddles extending ventrally on the flank connecting indistinct lateral streak. Scales along L-1 row with a series of small dark brown spot. Base of pectoral fin and scales adjacent to pelvic-fin origin with clusters of small dark brown melanophores, forming distinct pectoral-base and pre-pelvic spots, respectively. Dorsal fin with faint dark brown row of spots crossing centre of fin, this is formed by small aggregations of melanophores at branching point of each branched rays. Caudal fin with small but distinct dark brown triangular spot at mid-base and a slightly elongated dark mark near base of lower lobe, an indistinct V-shaped vertical bar across center of caudal fin and a dark brown oblique bar across the fin anterior to the center, formed by small aggregations of melanophores. Pectoral- and pelvic-fin with dark brown pigments on each ray. Anal fin hyaline. Ventral surface light creamish with melanophores scattered on anterior edge of rostral cap and short line of melanophores posterior to anus running along ventral midline and terminating 5 6 scale rows post anus. Distribution and habitat. Known only from the type locality, Tuisi River, a tributary of Kaladan River of Mizoram (Fig. 3). It is found in moderate to fast flowing water with sparse vegetation and a substrate of pebbles, sand, gravel and small boulders. The Kaladan River, locally known as the Chhimtuipui, originates from the Chin Hills of Myanmar and flows through the southern part of Mizoram, India, and empties into the Bay of Bengal near Sittwe in Myanmar. It is located between the Ganges-Brahmaputra and the Ann Chaung drainage on the western slope of the RakhineYoma Mountain Range, Myanmar. Etymology. The species is named after the Kaladan River. An adjective. Discussion Based on the study of morphology, Conway (2011) grouped Psilorhynchus into three species groups, the P. balitora species group, the P. nudithoracicus species group, and the P. homaloptera species group. Psilorhynchus kaladanensis belongs to the P. balitora species group as it has a greatly reduced anteriormost branchiostegal ray and a small post-epiphysial fontanelle smaller than the pre-epiphysial fontanelle. The greatly reduced anteriormost branchiostegal rays distinguish P. kaladanensis from all members of the P. nudithoracicus and P. homaloptera species groups, which have long and slender anteriormost branchiostegal rays. It further differs from members of the P. homaloptera species group in having fewer unbranched pectoral-fin rays (5 6 vs. 7 10) and fewer lateralline scale rows (31 32 vs. 39 48). Among the members of Psilorhynchus balitora species group, P. kaladanensis differs from P. hamiltoni and P. maculatus in having fewer lateral-line scales (30 32 vs. 34 36) and fewer total vertebrae (32 33 vs. 36). It differs from P. balitora in the absence (vs. presence) of scales from its mid-ventral region between the pectoral fins and in having more principal caudal-fin rays (10+9 vs. 8 9+7 8); from P. nepalensis in having more principal caudal-fin rays (10+9 vs. 9+8), fewer (1/2 vs. 2/3) dark vertical bars across the caudal fin and absence (vs. presence) of a dark pigment blotch on the distal edge of the dorsal fin; from P. rahmani in having (vs. not having) dark vertical bars across the caudal fin, deeper dorsal saddles extending 3 scale rows down from the dorsal surface and contacting the dark blotches in a longitudinal row on the flank (vs. dorsal saddles extending 1 2 scale rows down from the dorsal surface and not contacting the dark blotches in a longitudinal row on the flank), longer head (21.6 24.2% SL vs. 19.4 21.4), longer last unbranched dorsal-fin ray (22.2 26.3% SL vs. 20.4 21.5) and a narrower interorbital (33 40% HL vs. 43.2 47.7); from P. breviminor in having (vs. not having) dark vertical bars across the caudal fin, shallower body (18.1 20.9% SL vs. 21.5 24.4), deeper head (56 62 % HL vs. 51.0 55.8) and narrower interorbital (33 40 % HL vs. 40.0 43.7); from P. brachyrhynchus in having more branchiostegal rays (3 vs. 2) and fewer vertebrae (32 33 vs. 35); from P. piperatus in having more rays in the upper caudal-fin lobe (10 vs. 9), fewer 176 Zootaxa 3962 (1) 2015 Magnolia Press LALRAMLIANA ET AL.

vertebrae (32 33 vs. 35) and the absence (vs. presence) of a symmetrical pattern of small black blotches on both the upper and lower caudal-fin lobes; from P. gokkyi in lacking (vs. having) a deep notch at the level of the ethmoid region and having fewer vertebrae (32 33 vs. 34); from P. chakpiensis in having fewer scale rows between the lateral line and pelvic-fin origin (2 vs. 2.5 3), shorter caudal peduncle (9.4 13.3 % SL vs. 17.8 20.5); and from P. pavimentatus in having more rays in the upper caudal-fin lobe (10 vs. 9), fewer total vertebrae (32 33 vs. 34), presence (vs. absence) of dark vertical bars across the caudal fin, presence (vs. absence) of dark brown row of spots across the dorsal fin, and absence (vs. presence) of large scale at pelvic fin origin, anterior to pelvic axillary scale. The number of lateral-line scales in P. amplicephalus was reported as 35 36 in the original description (Arunachalam et al., 2007). However, Shangningam & Vishwanath (2013b), upon examination of one paratype, reported that it has 32+2 scale along the lateral line, which falls within the range of P. kaladanensis (30 32). However, P. kaladanensis differs from P. amplicephalus in having more principal caudal-fin rays (10+9 vs. 9+8), a shallower body (18.1 20.9 vs. 23.3 25.8 % SL) and a smaller eye (26 31 vs. 31.5 36 % HL). Four species of Psilorhynchus are listed from the Kaladan and Barak drainages of Mizoram (Kar & Sen, 2007; Ng & Lalramliana, 2010; Lalramliana et al., 2014): P. balitora, P. khopai, P. nudithoracicus and P. sucatio. Psilorhynchus kaladanensis differs from P. khopai, P. nudithoracicus and P. sucatio in having a greatly reduced (vs. long and slender) anteriormost branchiostegal ray, and from P. balitora, as already mentioned, in lacking (vs. having) scales on the mid-ventral region between the pectoral fins. Comparative material and sources Psilorhynchus balitora: ZSI/ ERS/V/F 2718, 2, 56.8 61.5 mm SL; India: Meghalaya, West Garo hills, Josekgre Chising Nokrek biosphere reserve. Psilorhynchus homaloptera: ZSI F 11792/1, holotype, 55.1 mm SL and ZSI F11796/1, 4 paratypes, 53.4 58.3 mm SL; India: Nagaland, Keleki stream. Psilorhynchus khopai: PUCMF 13013, holotype, 63.2 mm SL; India: Mizoram: Tuisi River, a tributary of Kaladan River in the vicinity of Khopai village, Saiha District. PUCMF 13014, 6, paratypes, 57.4 83.7 mm SL; India: Mizoram: Tuisi River, a tributary of Kaladan River in the vicinity of Khopai village, Saiha District. Psilorhynchus nudithoracicus: PUCMF 2050, 5, 46.2 58.1 mm SL; India: Mizoram, Barak drainage (Brahmaputra basin), Teirei (Tributary of Tlawng River), Saikhawthlir. Psilorhynchus pseudecheneis: ZSI F1929/2, 4 paratypes, 76.1 84.4 mm SL; Eastern Nepal: Dudhkosi River, Solokhumbu District. Psilorhynchus rowleyi: ZSI F 13461/1, 1, 75.5 mm SL; Myanmar: Kora, Vernay-Hopwood Upper Chindwin Expedition, 1935. Psilorhynchus sucatio: PUCMF 2021, 14, 51.5 62.9 mm SL; India: Mizoram, Barak drainage (Brahmaputra basin), Teirei (Tributary of Tlawng River), Saikhawthlir. Published information used for comparison: Arunachalam et al. (2007) for Psilorhynchus amplicephalus, Conway & Kottelat (2007) for P. robustus, Conway & Mayden (2008a) for P. breviminor, Conway & Mayden (2008b) for P. nepalensis & P. rahmani, Conway & Britz (2010) for P. brachyrhynchus, P. gokkyi & P. piperatus, Conway & Kottelat (2010) for P. pavimentatus, Shangningam & Vishwanath (2013a & b) for P. maculatus and P. chakpiensis. Acknowledgements We are grateful to Krishnamoorthy Venkataraman (ZSI, Kolkatta), Laishram Kosygin (ZSI, Kolkatta), Jennifer Lyngdoh (ZSI, Shillong) and Dimos Khynriam (ZSI, Shillong) for permission and access to material under their care, to Vanlalmalsawma for field assistance, and to an anonymous reviewer for comments and suggestions that help to improve the content of the paper. Funding of SLRN from MZU-UGC Research Scholars Fellowship is acknowledged. References Arunachalam, M. & Muralidharan, M. (2008) Description of a new species of the genus Psilorhynchus (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from a Western Ghats stream in southern India. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 56, 405 414. Arunachalam, M., Muralidharan, M. & Sivakumar, P. (2007) Psilorhynchus amplicephalus, a new species from Balishwar river NEW PSILORHYNCHUS FROM KALADAN BASIN, MIZORAM Zootaxa 3962 (1) 2015 Magnolia Press 177

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