A new cave-dwelling blind loach, Triplophysa erythraea sp. nov. (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae), from Hunan Province, China

A new blind loach species, Triplophysa erythraea sp. nov., from a karst cave in Hunan Province, central south China, is described based on morphology and cyt b gene sequencing. It can be distinguished from other species of Triplophysa by the following combination of characters: eyes absent; body sca...

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Autores principales: Huang, Tai-Fu, Zhang, Pei-Ling, Huang, Xing-Long, Wu, Tao, Gong, Xiao-Yan, Zhang, You-Xiang, Peng, Qing-Zhong, Liu, Zhi-Xiao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Science Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6680126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31310067
http://dx.doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2019.049
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Sumario:A new blind loach species, Triplophysa erythraea sp. nov., from a karst cave in Hunan Province, central south China, is described based on morphology and cyt b gene sequencing. It can be distinguished from other species of Triplophysa by the following combination of characters: eyes absent; body scaleless and colorless; caudal-fin 17; maxillary barbel longest; fins transparent, compressed pectoral-fin reaching 2/3 distance between pectoral-fin and pelvic-fin origins; pelvic-fin and dorsal-fin origins relative; posterior chamber of airbladder well developed, long, oval, and dissociative.

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