Chinese scientists have described a new cyprinid species belonging to the genus Garra from the Red River drainage in southern China.
The new species is named Garra findolabium by authors Feng-Lian Li, Wei Zhou and Qiang Fu in a recent issue of the journal Zootaxa.
Garra findolabium can be distinguished from other members of the genus in having a combination of: the oral sucking disc with a median fissure on its posterior edge that divides it into two lamellae, caudal fin with a dark patch extending to half the length of the fin, no barbels, no proboscis in front of the nostrils, 37"38 lateral line scales, 16 circumpeduncular scales, and the distance from the anus to the anal-fin origin about 33.3"38.7% of the distance from the pelvic-fin origin to the anal-fin origin.
The new species is named after its unusual lip morphology (from the Latin findo meaning split and labium meaning lip).
For more information, see the paper: Li, F-L, W Zhou and Q Fu (2008) Garra findolabium, a new species of cyprinid fish (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from the Red River drainage in Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 1743, pp. 62"68.