A new record of Leptobotia pellegrini Fang, 1936 (Teleostei,
Cypriniformes, Botiidae) from the Western Nghe An Biosphere
Reserve, Vietnam
Authors: Hoang Ngoc Thao1*, Ong Vinh An2 , Ho Anh Tuan2 , Hoang Xuan Quang2 , Nguyen Xuan Khoa
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: Check List 18 (4): 919–923 : 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.
Ca River, loach, morphological identification, range extension