Crossed-fork back golden-line fish

Crossed-fork back golden-line fish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Subfamily:Barbinae
Genus:Sinocyclocheilus
Species: S. furcodorsalis
Binomial name
Sinocyclocheilus furcodorsalis
Y. R. Chen, J. X. Yang & J. H. Lan, 1997[1]
Range in China in red
Synonyms

Sinocyclocheilus tianeensis Li, Xiao & Luo, 2003

The crossed-fork back golden-line fish (Sinocyclocheilus furcodorsalis) is a species of blind cave fish in the family Cyprinidae.[2] It is endemic to the Guangxi province in southern China, and only known from an underground stream in Tian'e County.[1][2][3]

Description

Sinocyclocheilus furcodorsalis grow to 8.8 cm (3.5 in) standard length. They are eyeless. The body is depigmented, semi-transparent and whitish in colour.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Sinocyclocheilus furcodorsalis" in FishBase. January 2016 version.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ Eschmeyer, W. N. and R. Fricke (eds) (31 March 2016). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 April 2016.


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