Karstsinnectes anophthalmus
(Zheng 1981) Luo et al. 2023
| ORDER | SUB-ORDER | FAMILY |
|---|---|---|
| Cypriniformes | Cobitoidei | Nemacheilidae |
Synonyms
None.
Oreonectes anophthalmus Zheng 1981
Country
ChinaTypes
Holotype: DZRAS 77001 41.3mm "body length". Paratypes: HRS 77002‑4 26.5mm‑32.7mm "body length"; HRS 78001 ‑ 2 27.1mm and 32.2mm "body length"; GM (no ref. number) 26.0mm "body length".
Distribution
Known only from the type locality: Taiji Cave, Qifeng Mountain, Wuming, Guangxi, China (23o12’N, 108o18’E). This species coexists with Sinocyclocheilus brevis and Bibarba parvoculus.
Habitat
Information on the habitat and ecology of this species is provided by Zhao (1983) and Zhou (1985).
Systematics
Luo et al. (2023) proposed that this species (together with three others: the hypogean species Troglonectes acridorsalis, Oreonectes anophthalmus, Heminoemacheilus hyalinus and the epigean Heminoemacheilus parva be relocated in to the new genus Karstsinnectes.
The genus Karstsinnectes currently has seven species (K.acridorsalis, K. cehengensis, K. parvus, K. longzhouensis, K. anophthalmus, K. hyalinus and K. daxinensis). These are in two major clades, one containing K. acridorsalis and K. cehengensis, and the second containing K. parvus, K. longzhouensis, K. anophthalmus and K. daxinensis. The position of the seventh species, K. hyalinus, has not been ascertained.
Karstsinnectes anophthalmus is sister species to K. daxinensis.
Conservation Status
[VU D2:2.3:1996]
(Kottelat, M. 1996. Oreonectes anophthalmus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T15478A4632001.en. Downloaded on 05 July 2017). R (IUCN 1990, 1993). Yue and Chen (1998:196-197) observe that this species is attractive to fish collectors and the population size has decreased. The local government is aware of this and taking steps to prevent further losses.
Museum Holdings
As above only.
Key References
- Zheng, J.Z. (1981)
- Zhao, Z. (1983)
- Zhou, J. (1985)
- Chen, Y.R. and Yang, J.X. (1993)
- Yue, P. and Chen, Y. (1998)
- Kottelat, M. (2012)
- Fenolio, D.B., Zhao, Y., Niemiller, M.L. and Stout, J.F. (2013)
- Waryani. B., Zhao, Y., Zhang, C., Abbasi, A.R., Ferrando, S., Dai, R., et al. (2015)
- Zhang, C.G. and Zhou, Y.H. (2016)
- Liu, Z., Wen, H., Hailer, F., Dong, F., Yang, Z., Liu, T., Han, L., Shi, F., Hu, Y. and Zhou, J. (2019)
- Huang, J.Q., Yang, J., Wu, Z.Q. and Zhao, Y.H. (2019)
- Liu, Z., Qian, X., Wang, Z., Wen, H., Han, L. and Zhou, J. (2021)
- Luo, T., Yang, Q., Wu, L., Wang, Y.-L., Zhou, J.-J., Deng, H.Q., Xiao, N. and Zhou, J. (2023)
- Zhao, X., Lan, C., Luo, T., Yu, J., Zhou, J., Xiao, N. and Zhou, J. (2024)
- Ge, J.Y., Nong, Z.Q., Yang, J., Du, L.N. and Zhou, J.J. (2024)
- Luo, T., Luo, F.W., Lan, C.T., Xiao, M.Y., Zhou, J.J., Liao, M., Xiao, N. and Zhou, J. (2024)
| Zheng, J.Z. | Book Section | 1981 | Oreonectes anophthalmus |
| Zhao, Z. | Journal Article | 1983 | New discovery of cave blind fish in Wuming, Guangxi |
| Zhou, J. | Journal Article | 1985 | Fishes in karst caves of Guangxi |
| Chen, Y.R. and Yang, J.X. | Journal Article | 1993 | A synopsis of cavefishes from China |
| Yue, P. and Chen, Y. | Book | 1998 | China Red Data Book of Endangered Animals. Pisces |
| Kottelat, M. | Journal Article | 2012 | Conspectus cobitidum: An inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei) |
| Fenolio, D.B., Zhao, Y., Niemiller, M.L. and Stout, J.F. | Journal Article | 2013 | In-situ observations of seven enigmatic cave loaches and one cave barbel from Guangxi, China, with notes on conservation status |
| Waryani. B., Zhao, Y., Zhang, C., Abbasi, A.R., Ferrando, S., Dai, R., et al. | Journal Article | 2015 | Surface architecture of the olfactory epithelium of two Chinese cave loaches (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae: Oreonectes). |
| Zhang, C.G. and Zhou, Y.H. | Book | 2016 | Species diversity and distribution of inland fishes in China |
| Liu, Z., Wen, H., Hailer, F., Dong, F., Yang, Z., Liu, T., Han, L., Shi, F., Hu, Y. and Zhou, J. | Journal Article | 2019 | Pseudogenization of Mc1r gene associated with transcriptional changes related to melanogenesis explains leucistic phenotypes in Oreonectes cavefish (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae) |
| Huang, J.Q., Yang, J., Wu, Z.Q. and Zhao, Y.H. | Journal Article | 2019 | Oreonectes guilinensis (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae), a new loach species from Guangxi, China |
| Liu, Z., Qian, X., Wang, Z., Wen, H., Han, L. and Zhou, J. | Journal Article | 2021 | First draft genome of loach (Orenectes shuilongensis; Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) provide insights into the evolution of cavefish |
| Luo, T., Yang, Q., Wu, L., Wang, Y.-L., Zhou, J.-J., Deng, H.Q., Xiao, N. and Zhou, J. | Journal Article | 2023 | Phylogenetic relationships of Nemacheilidae cavefish (Heminoemacheilus, Oreonectes, Yunnanilus, Paranemachilus, and Troglonectes) revealed by analysis of mitochondrial genome and seven nuclear genes |
| Zhao, X., Lan, C., Luo, T., Yu, J., Zhou, J., Xiao, N. and Zhou, J. | Journal Article | 2024 | Karstsinnectes cehengensis (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae), a new species of cave fish from Guizhou, China |
| Ge, J.Y., Nong, Z.Q., Yang, J., Du, L.N. and Zhou, J.J. | Journal Article | 2024 | Taxonomic revision of the cavefish genus Karstsinnectes (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae), with a description of a new species from Guangxi Province, China |
| Luo, T., Luo, F.W., Lan, C.T., Xiao, M.Y., Zhou, J.J., Liao, M., Xiao, N. and Zhou, J. | Journal Article | 2024 | Evolutionary history of Chinese karst loaches (Nemacheilidae, Karstsinnectes): new insights from mitochondrial-based genomes and description of a new species from Guangxi, China |