Another New Catfish - Central Vietnam

In Zootaxa 1406:25-32 (2007) Heok Hee Ng and Heok Hui Tan describe a new species of Pseudecheneis catfish from Central Vietnam. Their paper is entitled Pseudecheneis maurus, a new species of glyptosternine catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Central Vietnam.

The new species is from the Song Thuy Loan in Central Vietnam and was discovered during an ichthylogical survey of the region. The genus Pseudecheneis was not known from this area, and the new species is distinguished from other members by the absence of distinct pale spots, thoracic adhesive apparatus sulcae not at midline and a short adipose fin base.