Poropuntius huangchuchieni (Tchang, 1962)

Hoang, Huy Duc, Pham, Hung Manh, Tran, Ngan Trong, Durand, Jean-Dominique, Wu, Ling, Pfeiffer, John, Chen, Xiao-Yong & Page, Lawrence M., 2024, Taxonomic revision of the Southeast Asian brook barb genus Poropuntius Smith, 1931 (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) with description of a new species from Vietnam, ZooKeys 1204, pp. 199-222 : 199-222

Poropuntius huangchuchieni (Tchang, 1962)

Barbus huangchuchieni Tchang, 1962: 96 , fig. 1. Type locality: China, Yunnan, Hsi-Shuan- Pan-Na [Xishuangbanna]; Syntypes: ASIZB [now NZMC] 39256 (1), 39865 (1) .

Poropuntius angustus Kottelat, 2000: 46, fig. 14. Type locality: Laos, Louangphabang Province, Houay Houn, ca. 3 km upstream of Ban Houay Lek, approx. 20 ° 32 ' 32 " N, 102 ° 40 ' 51 " E. Holotype: ZRC 45308.

Notes.

In the original description of P. angustus, Kottelat (2000) made no specific mention of P. huangchuchieni . Topotypic material ( UNS 2018-07 - 11, Fig. 3 F ) from the Nam N ứa, Lower Lancang ecoregion, in the upper reach of Nam Ou, the type locality of P. angustus , was genetically identical to that of P. huangchuchieni from the Lancang Jiang in Yunnan.

Distribution.

Poropuntius huangchuchieni is found in the Lower Lancang ecoregion.

Figures

Figure 3. Species of Poropuntius. Poropuntius krempfi from A Song Hong ecoregion, UNS 2018-1410 B northern Annam, UNS 2018-2702; P. alloiopleurus from C Song Hong, UNS 2018-3010; P. laoensis from D upper Sekong’s tributary, UNS 2018-0404 E upper Sekong’s pool, UNS 2018-0304; P. huangchuchieni from F Lower Lancang, UNS 2018-0711. All photographed in life. Scale bars: 10 mm.