Tai-Fu Huang, Pei-Ling Zhang, Xing-Long Huang, Tao Wu, Xiao-Yan Gong, You-Xiang Zhang, Qing-Zhong Peng, Zhi-Xiao Liu. 2019. A new cave-dwelling blind loach, Triplophysa erythraea sp. nov. (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae), from Hunan Province, China. Zoological Research, 40(4): 331-336. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2019.049
Citation: Tai-Fu Huang, Pei-Ling Zhang, Xing-Long Huang, Tao Wu, Xiao-Yan Gong, You-Xiang Zhang, Qing-Zhong Peng, Zhi-Xiao Liu. 2019. A new cave-dwelling blind loach, Triplophysa erythraea sp. nov. (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae), from Hunan Province, China. Zoological Research, 40(4): 331-336. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2019.049

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 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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