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Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Labeoninae
Etymology: Zuojiangia: Named for Zuojiang River, where the type species was discovered; jingxiensis: Named for its type locality, Jingxi, China; noun in apposition.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic; depth range 1 - 2 m (Ref. 128942). Subtropical
Asia: China.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128942)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished by the following characters: a well-developed, pendulous and conspicuously arched rostral fold, with an entirely crenulated margin; prominent papillae densely covering the margin of the rostral fold and the anterior part of the lower lip; long postlabial grooves, partitioning the lower lip into three parts; left dentary is shaped like an inverted L in ventral view (right dentary is a mirror image), with the transverse branch longer than half the length of the longitudinal branch; stubby lateral process at the anterolateral margin of the longitudinal branch, close to the corner; upper jaw, the premaxilla bears a triangular ascending process tapering to a point; maxilla with a pair of articular heads at the anterodorsal margin, a distinct fingerlike descending process posterior to the medial articular head embracing the ascending process of the premaxilla; three rows of teeth on the pharyngeal bone (= ceratobranchial 5); teeth are coarsely compressed; dentition formula was variable among the three examined specimens: 2.4.5-6.4.2 in holotype KIZ2012003910, 2.4.4-5.4.2 in paratype KIZ2012003911, and 2.4.5-5.4.2 in paratype KIZ2012005694; main row on the right ceratobranchial 5 had six teeth in the holotype, but four on the left side of one of the paratypes (Ref. 128942).
Found in a karst cave outlet and connected stream, at 1-2 m depth. Sympatric with Balitora ludongensis, Cophecheilus bamen, Prolixicheilus longisulcus, Rectoris longibarbus and Yunnanilus jinxiensis (Ref. 128942).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Zheng, L.-P., Y. He, J.-X. Yang and L.-B. Wu, 2018. A new genus and species of Labeonini (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Pearl River in China. PLoS ONE 13(7):e0199973: 1-14. (Ref. 128942)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
