Journal Article
Description of a new cave-dwelling species of Claea (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae) from the Yangtze River basin in Sichuan, southern China
Lei, H.-T., He, L., Huang, J.-H., Zhou, J.J. and He, D.K.
Record Number:
6954
Year:
2025
Journal:
Zoosystematics and Evolution
Pages:
681-695
Volume:
101 (2)
Notes:
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Abstract:
The first obligatory troglobitic Claea species, Claea scet, is described from a subterranean river in a cave connected to the Yangtze River in Hulu Town, Shawan District, Leshan City, Sichuan Province, southern China. C. scet differs from all congeners by the following combination of characters: Body pale without pigmentation; eye vestigial, diameter of eye 3.8–5.9% SL; short anal fin, anal fin height 7.0–8.4% SL. Molecular phylogenetic analysis supported the validity of the new species and revealed a close relationship between Claea and hypogean Triplophysa species
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Lei, H.-T., He, L., Huang, J.-H., Zhou, J.J. and He, D.K. (2025)
Description of a new cave-dwelling species of Claea (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae) from the Yangtze River basin in Sichuan, southern China