Barbodes pyrpholeos
Tan and Husana 2021
ORDER | SUB-ORDER | FAMILY |
---|---|---|
Cypriniformes | Cyprinoidei | Cyprinidae |
Synonyms
None.
Country
PhilippinesTypes
Holotype: PNM 15649 104.1 mm SL
Paratypes: PNM 15650 (2 specimens), ZRC 61230 (3 specimens) 69.6–93.1 mm SL, PNM 15651 (3 specimens), ZRC 61231 (3 specimens) 68.2–103.4 mm SL, ZRC 61232 2 specimens 59.7–76.1 mm SL
Distribution
Known only from the type locality: Ugnop Cave System, Agusan drainage, Mindanao, Philippines. This cave is also the type locality of Caecogobius personatus and the two species coexist (Larson and Husana 2018, Husana 2020)
Habitat
This species, and the sympatric Caecogobius personatus, share their habitat with a very troglomorphic crab Sundathelphusa prosperidad Husana 2020 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) (Husana 2020).
Systematics
A member of the subfamily Smiliogastrinae.
Conservation Status
TLO [NE]
Museum Holdings
As above only.
Key References
Haryono, E. | Journal Article | 2006 | Studi morfometri ikan wader goa (Puntius microps Gunther, 1868) yang unik dan dilindungi undang-undang |
Larson, H.K. and Husana, D.E.M. | Journal Article | 2018 | A new species of the blind goby Caecogobius (Gobioidei, Gobiidae, Gobionellinae) from a cave system on Mindanao Island, the Philippines |
Husana, D.E.M. | Journal Article | 2020 | Sundathelphusa prosperidad, sp. n. (Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae), a new cave-obligate freshwater crab from Mindanao Island, the Philippines, with notes on the conservation status of Philippine cave species |
Tan, H.H. and Husana, D.E.M. | Journal Article | 2021 | Barbodes pyrpholeos, new species, the first cave-dwelling cyprinid fish in the Philippines, with redescription of B. montanoi (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) |
Ng, C.K-C. and Tan, J. | Journal Article | 2021 | Cryptic species and grey zone speciation of the Barbodes binotatus complex (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) in Sundaland |
Moda, R.D., Ambat, E.A., Berardino, K.J.B. and Diquito, T.A. | Journal Article | 2023 | Troglofauna species in Su’bon Cave, Matanao, Davao del Sur, Philippines: Classification and conservation status |