A new record of Leptobotia pellegrini Fang, 1936 (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Botiidae) from the Western Nghe An Biosphere Reserve, Vietnam
Authors: Hoang Ngoc Thao, Ong Vinh An, Ho Anh Tuan, Hoang Xuan Quang, Nguyen Xuan Khoa
Check List the journal of biodiversity data
: 18 (4): : 919–923
Publishing year: 8/2022
We report a new record of Leptobotia pellegrini Fang, 1936 from the Western Nghe An Biosphere Reserve, Vietnam, based on 25 specimens collected in the Kien stream (Ca River), Tuong Duong district, Nghe An province. Morphological features of these specimens were confirmed against the description of this species by Fang (1936). Our new data extend the species’ geographic range southward by approximately 650 km from the Gam River (Na Hang, Tuyen Quang province), Vietnam