Sinocyclocheilus brevifinus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a new species of cavefish from Guangxi, China
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Publication Date
10-14-2014
Publication Title
Zootaxa
Volume Number
3873
Issue Number
1
Abstract
Sinocyclocheilus brevifinus sp. nov. is described from a subterranean river at Maohedong Village, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Southern China. The new species can be distinguished from all congeners in having functional eyes, last simple dorsal fin ray soft and without serrations along posterior margin, eye diameter small (3.4−5.0 %SL), tip of depressed dorsal fin not reaching vertical at anal fin origin, tip of depressed pelvic fin far from anus, maxillary barbel not reaching anterior edge of operculum, rostral barbel not reaching posterior edge of operculum, scales of lateral line row significantly larger than those of scale rows immediately above and below lateral line, and flanks with distinct black spots and blotches.
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Article
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3873.1.3.
Recommended Citation
LI, JIE; LI, XINHUI; and MAYDEN, RICHARD L., "Sinocyclocheilus brevifinus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a new species of cavefish from Guangxi, China" (2014). KIP Articles. 9785.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/9785
