3. RESULTS
(a) Paedocypris gen. nov.
(i) Type species
Paedocypris progenetica sp. nov.
(ii) Diagnosis
The following characters of Paedocypris are unique among
fishes: outermost pelvic-fin ray of male highly modified
with ventral hemitrich greatly expanded, flattened,
supporting keratinized skin-pad and tip of dorsal hemitrich
supporting small hook-like projection of keratinized
skin directed outwards (figure 3a); abductor and ventral
arrector muscles of pelvic girdle of male hypertrophied
(figure 3b), the former attached to ventral extremity of os
suspensorium (versus not hypertrophied and abductor
muscle restricted to basipterygia); pad of keratinized
skin in front of pelvic fin in male (figures 2a,c and 3a,c).
The following characters are unique within Cypriniformes:
presence in adults (versus only in larvae) of a
long post-anal larval-fin-fold along ventral edge of caudal
peduncle, from posterior extremity of anal-fin base to
caudal-fin base (figure 2); basipterygium of male