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Online Publication Date: 01 May 2005

Two New Species of Puntius from Northern Myanmar (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

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DOI: 10.1643/CI-04-138R1
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Abstract

Puntius tiantian is described from Putao in northernmost Myanmar, diagnosed by having a dark vertical bar anteriorly on the side, a dark blotch on the caudal peduncle, slender and weakly serrated last unbranched dorsal fin ray, and complete lateral line. Puntius didi is described based on material from Myitkyina and Indawgyi Lake. It is similar to P. tiantian in color pattern, but possesses a thicker and more strongly serrated last unbranched dorsal fin ray, and a shorter lateral line perforating only 6–10 scales. The single record of P. phutunio from Myanmar most likely represents misidentified P. didi.

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Fig. 1. 

Puntius tiantian, holotype, NRM 43006, 37.7 mm SL; Myanmar: Putao.

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Left lateral aspect of last unbranched dorsal fin ray in (A) Puntius tiantian, NRM 40924, 35.0 mm SL; (B) Puntius didi, NRM 36179, 32.3 mm SL

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Collecting sites of Puntius tiantian and P. didi on a map of northern Myanmar

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Puntius didi, holotype, male, NRM 50267, 39.9 mm SL; Myanmar: Mytikyina.

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Comparative morphometry of Puntius didi and P. tiantian. (A) body depth plotted against SL; (B) dorsal fin length plotted against SL; (C) orbit diameter plotted against SL; (D) scores of principal component II plotted against component I

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Puntius phutunio, NRM 40431, 22.8 mm SL; India, Ganga River drainage, Tumapao River about 65 km NNE of Calcutta

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Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, POB 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden. (SOK) sven.kullander@nrm.se and (FF) fang.fang@nrm.se. Send reprint requests to SOK

Accepted: 31 Dec 2004
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