Schistura hypsiura, a new species of loach (Cobitoidea: Nemacheilidae) from South-West Myanmar

Schistura hypsiura, a new species, is described from the western slope of the Rakhine Yoma, Myanmar. It is distinguished from all congeners by having a very deep caudal peduncle without dorsal and ventral skin crests, a deeply forked caudal fi n, a suborbital fl ap in adult males, and a well-developed suborbital groove in adult females.