Rectoris longibargus, new species, is here described from the Zuo–Jiang of the Pearl River drainage at Jinxi County,
Guangxi Province, China. It is distinct from all other congeners in the rostral barbel length and the structure of the gasbladder.
Rectoris longibarbus is further distinguished from R. posehensis by having a slightly papillated posteromedian
patch on the median plate of the lower lip, and from R. mutabilis, as here understood, by having a longitudinal black stripe
running along the lateral line on the flank. Taxonomic problems with R. mutabilis are also addressed; it is regarded to be
a senior synonym of R. luxiensis. The type locality of R. mutabilis is likely in the Yuan–Jiang (a tributary of the middle
Yangtze River drainage) in Guizhou Province. The species currently recognized as R. mutabilis is previously unnamed,
and possibly represents an undescribed genus.