Claea scet

Claea scet Lei, He, Huang, Zhou & He, 2025

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Claea: Named for the Oreiad nymph of a sacred cave on Mount Kalathion in Messenia; scet: Name 'scet' in reference to the abbreviation of Sichuan Cave Exploration Team, a cave exploration team who collected the type specimens, in recognition of their contributions to the understanding of cave fishes of Sichuan Province.
Eponymy: In Greek mythology, Claea was a nymph of a sacred cave on Mount Kalathion in Messenia in the Peloponnese. Kottelat chose this nymph’s name to replace another ‘nymph’ name – Oreias Sauvage, 1874 – which name was pre-occupied. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical

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Asia: China.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 138000)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 12; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: processus dentiformis at the medium of the upper jaw, reduced, not covering lower jaw when mouth shut; tubercle-bearing absent; elevated skin on the sides of the head and a thickened tuberculated pad on the dorsal surface of the thickened and widened rays of the pectoral fin in males; body scaleless; supra-pelvic flap absent; eye vestigial, diameter of eye 3.8-5.9% SL; a closely situated eyes interorbital length 23.5-31.9%HL; adipose crest between dorsal fin and caudal fin base absent; anal fin height 7.0-8.4% SL, anal fin base 8.4-9.6% SL; posteriorly situated pelvic fin (prepelvic length 51.7-56.0% SL); pectoral fin 17.6-20.2% SL; maxillary barbels 22.4-27.5%; outer rostral barbels 23.0-29.8% SL; depressed body body depth 10.1-13.5% SL; caudal peduncle 5.5-8.5% SL; and elongated head head depth 41.4-46.5% HL and head width 52.3-60.3% HL (Ref. 138000).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Lei, H.-T., L. He, J.-H. Huang, J.-J. Zhou and D.-K. He, 2025. Description of a new cave-dwelling species of Claea (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae) from the Yangtze River basin in Sichuan, southern China. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(2):681-695. (Ref. 138000)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.8   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈