https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/21742/

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

Authors

Tie-Jun Wu1, Mu-Lan Wei2, Jia-Hu Lan2, Li-Na Du3

1 Guangxi Institute of Fisheries, Nanning 530021, China
2 Du’an Fishery Technique Popularization Station, Du’an 530700, China
3 Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
Corresponding author: Li-Na Du (duln04@mail.kiz.ac.cn)
Academic editor: N. Bogutskaya  |  Received 18 October 2017  |  Accepted 29 January 2018  |  Published 20 March 2018
http://zoobank.org/106098F3-E7C3-4442-99EC-C9F772122222
Citation: Wu T-J, Wei M-L, Lan J-H, Du L-N (2018) Triplophysa anshuiensis, a new species of blind loach from the Xijiang River, China (Teleostei, Nemacheilidae).
ZooKeys 744: 67–77. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.744.21742



Figure 1.
Lateral and ventral views of Triplophysa anshuiensis sp. n., holotype KIZ 2012005747, 65.2 mm SL. Scale = 1 cm.

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.



Figure 2.
Type locality of Triplophysa anshuiensis sp. n., a cave in Anshui Village, Guangxi, China

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