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分類 / Names 俗名 | 同種異名 | Catalog of Fishes(屬, 種) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei > Cypriniformes (Carps) 鯉形目 (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) 鯉科 (Minnows or carps) > Cyprininae
Etymology: Sinocyclocheilus:Latin, sino, sina = from China + Greek, kyklos = circle + Greek, cheilos = lip (Ref. 45335); longicornus:From the Latin words longus, meaning long, and cornu or cornus, meaning horn of the forehead, in reference to the presence of a long horn-like structure on the back of the head (Ref. 128063).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生態學
This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characters: presence of a long unforked horn-like structure or bulge on the back of the head; body moderately elongate and compressed, albinotic body without pigmentation; body without scales, lateral line pores 38-49; presence of small and degenerated eyes in upper half of head; snout short, U-shaped; dorsal-fin rays, ii, 7; long pectoral-fin rays, i, 13; anal-fin rays, iii, 5; long pelvic-fin rays, i, 7; gill rakers well developed, 9 on first gill arch; tip of the pelvic-fin rays not reaching the anus when pelvic-fin rays extended backward. Color: body overall white, slightly pink posterior to dorsal fin, barbels and gills red (Ref. 128063).
Inhabit a completely dark cave environments (Ref. 128063).
Life cycle and mating behavior 成熟度 | 繁殖 | 產卵場 | 卵 | 孕卵數 | 仔魚
Xu, C., T. Luo, J.-J. Zhou, L. Wu, X.-R. Zhao, H.-F. Yang, N. Xiao and J. Zhou, 2023. Sinocyclocheilus longicornus (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae), a new species of microphthalmic hypogean fish from Guizhou, Southwest China. Zookeys 1141:1-28. (Ref. 128063)