Troglonectes daqikongensis
Appearance
Troglonectes daqikongensis | |
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Top, preserved specimen. Bottom, photographed alive | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Nemacheilidae |
Genus: | Troglonectes |
Species: | T. daqikongensis
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Binomial name | |
Troglonectes daqikongensis (Deng, Wen, Xiao & Zhu, 2016)
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Synonyms | |
Oreonectes daqikongensis |
Troglonectes daqikongensis is a species of Nemacheilidae of the genus Troglonectes. It inhabits caves in Guangxi, China. First described in 2016,[1] it has not been evaluated on the IUCN Red List and is considered harmless to humans.
References
[edit]- ^ Deng, Huaiqing; Wen, Huamei; Xiao, Ning; Zhou, Jiang (2016). "A new blind species of the cave genus Oreonectes from Guizhou, China (Nemacheilinae)". ZooKeys (637): 47–59. doi:10.3897/zookeys.637.10202. PMC 5240121. PMID 28138274.