A new blind species of the cave genus Oreonectes from Guizhou, China (Nemacheilinae)

By

Deng, Huaiqing
Wen, Huamei
Ning, Xiao
Zhou, Jiang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

637

Pages

47-59

Subjects

cavefish , Libo , new species , Oreonectes daqikongensis sp. n

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.637.10202

 

Abstract

This study aimed to describe a new specimen of cavefish collected from a karst cave in the Daqikong area of Libo County, Guizhou. Twenty-six cavefish specimens were collected and identified as a new species of Balitoridae: Nemacheilinae, and named Oreonectes daqikongensis sp. n. A genetic analysis was performed and showed that its genetic distances from Oreonectes shuilongensis and Oreonectes platycephalus are higher than intraspecific distances. Discovery of this species will be helpful to understand the distribution of Oreonectes.