Description of a new species of <i>Triplophysa</i> (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Guizhou Province, China
Weijun WuChina Guangxi Key Laboratory of Aquatic Genetic Breeding and Healthy Aquaculture Nanning ChinaAnyou HeChina Guangxi Key Laboratory of Aquatic Genetic Breeding and Healthy Aquaculture Nanning ChinaJunxing YangState Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming ChinaLina DuKunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming China
2018en
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A new cave-dwelling fish species Triplophysa guizhouensis is described based on specimens collected from Guizhou, China, in a subterranean system interconnected with the Hongshui River drainage. The species can be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of characters: eyes present; caudal fin with 14 branched rays; inner gill rakers of first gill arch 8-10; posterior chamber of air bladder developed; and body posterior of dorsal fin scaled. A key to species of Triplophysa in the Pearl River basin is provided.
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