Metadata

Sinocyclocheilus luolouensis

Lan in Lan, Gan, Wu and Yang 2013

ORDERSUB-ORDERFAMILY
CypriniformesCyprinoideiCyprinidae

Synonyms

None.

Country

China

Types

Holotype: CLJH 12060220 147.6mm SL.

Paratypes: CLJH 12060222, 12060234, 12070292, 12070279 67.2-118.5mm SL.

Distribution

Cave in Luolou Town (Youjiang River), Lingyun County, Guangxi, China, 24.5°N, 106.8°E, elevation 778 meters.

Systematics

Lan et al. (2013) suggest that this species may be closely related to S. xunlensis and S. lingyunensis.

Conservation Status

[NE]

Museum Holdings

As above only.

Key References

Lan, J.H., Gan, X., Wu, T.J. and Yang, J. Book 2013 Cave fishes of Guangxi, China
Chen, H., Li, C., Liu, T., Chen, S. and Xiao, H. Journal Article 2019 A metagenomic study of intestinal microbial diversity in relation to feeding habits of surface and cave-dwelling Sinocyclocheilus species
Lunghi, E., Zhao, Y., Sun, X. and Zhao, Y. Journal Article 2019 Morphometrics of eight Chinese cavefish species
Zhao, Y., Zhang, C. and Proudlove, G.S. Book 2021 Fishes of the Genus Sinocyclocheilus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) in China. Systematics, biology, biogeography and cave adaptation