Sinocyclocheilus anophthalmus

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

Sinocyclocheilus anophthalmus (eyeless golden-line fish or blind golden-line barbel) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.[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]

References

  1. Kottelat, M. (1996). "Sinocyclocheilus anophthalmus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  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.


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