Triplophysa anshuiensis, a new species of blind loach from the Xijiang River, China (Teleostei, Nemacheilidae)

Zookeys. 2018 Mar 20:(744):67-77. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.744.21742. eCollection 2018.

Abstract

A new cave-dwelling fish, Triplophysa anshuiensis, is described here based on specimens collected from a karst cave in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, interconnected with the Hongshui River system, a tributary of the Xijiang River in the Pearl River (Zhu Jiang) Drainage. The species can be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of morphological characters. A key to the cave-dwelling species of Triplophysa in the Xijiang River is provided.

Keywords: Guangxi; Triplophysa; cave fish; new species.

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the Special Funds for Young Scholars of Taxonomy of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ZSBR-011)