Garra jiulongi, a new labeonine species (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from the upper Salween-Nujiang River basin, Yunnan, China, with remarks on the intraspecific variability of snout morphology

Based on morphological comparisons and molecular evidence, a new species, Garra jiulongi is described from the upper reaches of the Salween-Nujiang River drainage in Baoshan City, Yunnan, China. It is the sixth Garra species known from the Salween-Nujiang River basin and, notably, the first Garra species whose type locality is situated in the Chinese section of the drainage. Garra jiulongi sp. nov. is closely allied to G. gravelyi in sharing similar meristic counts, but can be distinguished from