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Etymology: Sinocyclocheilus: Latin, sino, sina = from China + Greek, kyklos = circle + Greek, cheilos = lip (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Tropical
Asia: Southwest China.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturità: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 128063)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
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).
Cross section: compressed.
Inhabit a completely dark cave environments (Ref. 128063).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00603 (0.00275 - 0.01321), b=3.11 (2.92 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 2.9 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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