Eyeless golden-line fish

The eyeless golden-line fish or blind golden-line barbel (Sinocyclocheilus anophthalmus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae.[2] It is a cave-dwelling, blind species only known from the Yiliang County, Yunnan, China. Its maximum length is 113 mm (4.4 in) SL.[3]

Eyeless golden-line fish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Sinocyclocheilus
Species:
S. anophthalmus
Binomial name
Sinocyclocheilus anophthalmus
Y. R. Chen, X. L. Chu, Z. Y. Luo & J. Y. Wu, 1988

References

  1. Kottelat, M. (1996). "Sinocyclocheilus anophthalmus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T20250A9181609. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20250A9181609.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Sinocyclocheilus anophthalmus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. Romero, A.; Zhao, Y.; Chen, X. (2009). "The hypogean fishes of China". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 86: 211–278. doi:10.1007/s10641-009-9441-3.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.