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Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Cyprininae
Etymology: Sinocyclocheilus: Latin, sino, sina = from China + Greek, kyklos = circle + Greek, cheilos = lip (Ref. 45335); xingrenensis: Name 'xingrenensis' from the species type locality, Xingren City, Guizhou Province, China.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate
Asia: China.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 133137)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 7; Anal soft rays: 5. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: horn like structures absent and indistinct elevation at the head-dorsal junction; body scaleless, with irregular black markings scattered above the lateral line; eyes large, diameter 16-21% of head length; D iii, 6-7, last unbranched ray serrate along posterior margin; tip of the pectoral fin not reaching the pelvic fin origin; pelvic fin rays i, 8, tip not reaching the anus; lateral line complete and curved, with pores 65-77; tip of maxillary barbel reaching the anterior margin of the operculum; six rakers on the first gill arch (Ref. 133137).
Cross section: compressed.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Xiao, M.-Y., J.-J. Wang, T. Luo, J.-J. Zhou, N. Xiao and J. Zhou, 2025. Sinocyclocheilus xingrenensis, (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae), a new
underground fish from Guizhou Province, Southeastern China. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(2):419-436. (Ref. 133137)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.9 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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