Journal Article
Schistura larketensis, a new cavernicolous fish (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Meghalaya, Northeast India
Choudhury, H., Mukhim, D.K.B., Basumatary, S., Warbah, D.P. and Sarma, D.
Record Number:
3588
Year:
2017
Journal:
Zootaxa
Pages:
89–100
Volume:
4353
Abstract:
Schistura larketensis, a new species of cavernicolous loach, is described from Khung, a limestone cave in Meghalaya, India.
The species differs from Schistura papulifera, its only troglomorphic congener from northeast India, in having a
smooth ventral surface of the head, the presence of a small cylindrical axillary pelvic lobe, and the presence of three pores
in the supratemporal canal of the cephalic lateral-line system. Apart from these differences, the species can be immediately
distinguished from all other species of Schistura from the Brahmaputra River and neighboring basins by the complete absence
(or only vestigial presence) of eyes.
Key words: cavefish, new species, Krem Khung, Krem Synrang Pamiang
Times Cited:
2
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