A New Blind Loach of Triplophysa From Yunnan Stone Forest With Comments on Its Phylogenetic Reiationship

CHEN Yin-rui; YANG Jun-xing; XU Guo-cai

CHEN Yin-rui, YANG Jun-xing, XU Guo-cai. 1992. A New Blind Loach of Triplophysa From Yunnan Stone Forest With Comments on Its Phylogenetic Reiationship. Zoological Research, 13(1): 17-23.

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CHEN Yin-rui, YANG Jun-xing, XU Guo-cai. 1992. A New Blind Loach of Triplophysa From Yunnan Stone Forest With Comments on Its Phylogenetic Reiationship. Zoological Research, 13(1): 17-23.

Citation:

CHEN Yin-rui, YANG Jun-xing, XU Guo-cai. 1992. A New Blind Loach of Triplophysa From Yunnan Stone Forest With Comments on Its Phylogenetic Reiationship. Zoological Research, 13(1): 17-23.

A New Blind Loach of Triplophysa From Yunnan Stone Forest With Comments on Its Phylogenetic Reiationship

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On March 18,1991,the authors collected 2 loach specimens from an underground cave near the famous Stone Forest of Yunnan.It is identified to be a new species,named Triplophysa shilinensis Chen et Yang,sp.nov.,alluding to the type locality Stone Forest (The words "Shi Lin=石林" in Chinese mean Stone Forest).New species and its phylogenetic relationship are described and discussed in the following:Triplophysa shilinensis Chen et Yang,sp.nov.