Sinocyclocheilus yishanensis

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Sinocyclocheilus yishanensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Sinocyclocheilus
Species:
S. yishanensis
Binomial name
Sinocyclocheilus yishanensis

Sinocyclocheilus yishanensis (common name: Yishan golden-line barbel) is a species of cave fish in the family Cyprinidae. [1] [2] [3] It is endemic to Guangxi province in southern China and known from the Liu River, a tributary of the Pearl River. Its specific name yishanensis refers to the Yishan County (now called Yizhou ) where its type locality is. [2]

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Description

It grows to 14.2 cm (5.6 in) standard length and has a scaled, slightly humpbacked body. [2]

Habitat

The type locality was a subterranean river that has now been changed into a reservoir. [2]

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Sinocyclocheilus yishanensis is only known from Yizhou, Guangxi, China

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References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Sinocyclocheilus yishanensis" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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. S2CID   41778476.
  3. Eschmeyer, W. N. and R. Fricke (eds) (2 November 2015). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 November 2015.{{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)