Main Ref. | Zhu, Y. and D.-G. Zhu, 2015 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | |
Body shape lateral | |
Cross section | oval |
Dorsal head profile | |
Type of eyes | |
Type of mouth/snout | |
Position of mouth | |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
This species collected from a cave in Ande Town,Jingxi County in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China is distinguished by the following characters: absence of eyes and scales; transparent body; complete lateral line; pectoral fin tip over the midpoint between pectoral fin base and pelvic fin base; slender body, SL is 4.8-7.3 times as long as body depth; head long, SL is 3.1-3.6 times as long as head length; caudal-peduncle slender, its length 1.6- 2.4 times as long as depth of caudal peduncle (Ref. 131077). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | |
Pored lateral line scales | |
Scales in lateral series | |
Scale rows above lateral line | |
Scale rows below lateral line | |
Scales around caudal peduncle | |
Barbels | |
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
Gill rakers | |
on lower limb | |
on upper limb | |
total | |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total |
Attributes | |
Fins number | |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | |
Adipose fin |
Attributes |
Fins number | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total |
Pectoral | Attributes |
Spines | |
Soft-rays | |
Pelvics | Attributes |
Position | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays |