Sinocyclocheilus yishanensis

Species of fish

Sinocyclocheilus yishanensis

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Cypriniformes
Family:  | Cyprinidae
Subfamily:  | Barbinae
Genus:  | Sinocyclocheilus
Species:  |

S. yishanensis

Binomial name
Sinocyclocheilus yishanensis

W. X. Li & J. H. Lan, 1992[1]

Sinocyclocheilus yishanensis (common name: Yishan golden-line barbel) is a species of cave fish in the family Cyprinidae.[1][2][3] It is endemic to Guangxi province in southern China and known from the Liu River, a tributary of the Pearl River. Its specific name yishanensis refers to the Yishan County (now called Yizhou ) where its type locality is.[2]

## Description[edit]

It grows to 14.2 cm (5.6 in) standard length and has a scaled, slightly humpbacked body.[2]

## Habitat[edit]

The type locality was a subterranean river that has now been changed into a reservoir.[2]

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Sinocyclocheilus yishanensis is only known from Yizhou, Guangxi, China

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Sinocyclocheilus yishanensis" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
2. ^ a b c d Romero, A., Zhao, Y. & Chen, X. (2009). "The hypogean fishes of China". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 86: 211–278. doi:10.1007/s10641-009-9441-3. S2CID 41778476.`{{cite journal}}`: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
3. ^ Eschmeyer, W. N. and R. Fricke (eds) (2 November 2015). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 November 2015. `{{cite web}}`: `|author=` has generic name (help)

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q3764351
* CoL: 4XKY3
* EoL: 208536
* FishBase: 60114
* GBIF: 2359922
* iNaturalist: 613677
* IRMNG: 11391531
* ITIS: 690161
* NCBI: 304915
* WoRMS: 1011089

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