‘Henicorhynchus’thaitui, a new species of cavefish from Central Vietnam (Teleostei, Cyprinidae)

‘Henicorhynchus’thaituisp. nov. is described from a subterranean stream in a karst cave in Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh Province, Central Vietnam. It differs from all congeners in having a pale pink body in life, smaller eyes with diameter less than the maxillary barbel length, and tw...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Dinh Tao, Ho, Anh Tuan, Hoang, Ngoc Thao, Wu, Hua, Zhang, E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7483327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32973382
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.965.52751
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Sumario:‘Henicorhynchus’thaituisp. nov. is described from a subterranean stream in a karst cave in Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh Province, Central Vietnam. It differs from all congeners in having a pale pink body in life, smaller eyes with diameter less than the maxillary barbel length, and two pairs of barbels, the maxillary barbel being much longer than the rostral barbel.

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