Journal Article
Morphometrics of eight Chinese cavefish species
Lunghi, E., Zhao, Y., Sun, X. and Zhao, Y.
Record Number:
4464
Year:
2019
Journal:
Scientific Data
Volume:
6 (233)
Abstract:
Chinese cavefishes are a bizarre and interesting vertebrate taxa, but one with relatively little research.
China holds the highest global cavefish diversity, accounting for about one-third of known species.
Sinocyclocheilus is the largest genus of cavefishes in the world and is endemic to the south of China. The
distribution of Sinocyclocheilus species is very narrow, and sometimes they inhabit just a single cave;
this feature increases the vulnerability to extinction. With this study we provide the first comprehensive
dataset related to the morphometrics of eight Sinocyclocheilus species. In addition to enhancing our
knowledge on these poorly known species we aim to provide a dataset useful for future comparative
analyses aiming to better understand the adaptive ability of cavefishes.
Times Cited:
33
Relevent Species:
Sinocyclocheilus brevibarbatus Zhao, Lan and Zhang 2009Sinocyclocheilus brevis Lan and Chen in Chen and Lan 1992Sinocyclocheilus microphthalmus Li 1989Sinocyclocheilus tianlinensis Zhou, Zhang and He 2004Sinocyclocheilus tileihornes Mao, Lu and Li 2003Sinocyclocheilus xunlensis Lan, Zhao and Zhang, 2004Sinocyclocheilus aquihornes Li and Yang 2007Sinocyclocheilus broadihornes Li and Mao 2007Sinocyclocheilus multipunctatus (Pellegrin 1931)Sinocyclocheilus luopingensis Li and Tao 2002Sinocyclocheilus jiuxuensis Li and Lan 2003Sinocyclocheilus donglanensis Zhao, Watanabe and Zhang 2006Sinocyclocheilus yishanensis Li and Lan 1992Sinocyclocheilus guanyangensis Chen, Peng and Zhang 2016Sinocyclocheilus hugeibarbus Li and Ran in Li, Ran and Cheng 2003Sinocyclocheilus longibarbatus Wang and Chen 1989Sinocyclocheilus longifinus Li 1996Sinocyclocheilus maculatus Li 2000Sinocyclocheilus hyalinus Chen and Yang 1993Sinocyclocheilus furcodorsalis Chen, Yang and Lan 1997Sinocyclocheilus cyphotergous (Dai 1988) Kottelat and Brehier 1999Sinocyclocheilus convexiforeheadus Li, Yang and Li in Yang, Li and Li 2017Sinocyclocheilus anatirostris Lin and Luo 1986Sinocyclocheilus bicornutus Wang and Liao 1997Sinocyclocheilus rhinocerous Li and Tao 1994Sinocyclocheilus angularis Zheng and Wang 1990Sinocyclocheilus anshuiensis Gan, Wu, Wei and Yang 2013Sinocyclocheilus luolouensis Lan in Lan, Gan, Wu and Yang 2013Sinocyclocheilus anophthalmus Chen and Chu 1988Sinocyclocheilus altishoulderus (Li and Lan, 1992) Wang and Chen 1998Sinocyclocheilus lingyunensis Li, Xiao, Zan, Luo and Li 2000Sinocyclocheilus sanxiaensis Jiang, Li, Yang and Chang 2019Sinocyclocheilus zhenfengensis Liu, Deng, Ma, Xiao and Zhou 2018