Sinocyclocheilus

Sinocyclocheilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Sinocyclocheilus
P. W. Fang, 1936
Type species
Sinocyclocheilus tingi
P. W. Fang, 1936
Synonyms
  • Anchicyclocheilus W. X. Li & J. H. Lan, 1992
  • Gibbibarbus D. Y. Dai, 1988

Sinocyclocheilus is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to China. Almost all of its species live in or around caves. The type species is Sinocyclocheilus tingi. The name is derived from the Latin word sino, meaning "from China", and the Greek word kyklos, meaning "circle", and the Greek word cheilos, meaning "lip".

Species

There are currently 68 recognized species in this genus: [1][2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). Species of Sinocyclocheilus in FishBase. February 2014 version.
  2. 1 2 Lan, J., Gan. X., Wu. T. & Yang, J. (2013): Cave Fishes of Guangxi, China. Science Press, Beijing. 1-266.
  3. 1 2 Wang, D., Zhao, Y., Yang, J. & Zhang, C. (2014): A new cavefish species from Southwest China, Sinocyclocheilus gracilicaudatus sp. nov. (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 3768 (5): 583–590.
  4. 1 2 Li, J. & Li, X.-H. (2014): Sinocyclocheilus gracilis, a new species of hypogean fish from Guangxi, South China (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (3) [2013]: 249-256.
  5. ↑ Gan, X., Wu, T.-J., Wei, M.-L. & Yang, J. (2013): A new blind barbine species, Sinocyclocheilus anshuiensis sp. nov. (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Guangxi, China. Zoological Research, 34 (5): 459-463. (in Chinese w/English abstract)
  6. ↑ Li, J., Li, X. & Mayden, R.L. (2014): Sinocyclocheilus brevifinus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a new species of cavefish from Guangxi, China. Zootaxa, 3873 (1): 37–48.
  7. ↑ Zhu, D.-G. & Zhu, Y. (2012): A new species of the genus Sinocyclocheilus (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae) from Guanxi, China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 37 (1): 222-226.
  8. ↑ Zheng, H., Xiu, L. & Yang, J. (2013): A new species of Barbine genus Sinocyclocheilus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Zuojiang River drainage in Guangxi, China. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 96 (6): 747-751.
  9. ↑ Li, W.-x. & An, L. (2013): A New Species of Sinocyclocheilus from Kunming,Yunnan —— Sinocyclocheilus wui sp nov. Journal of Jishou University (Natural Science Edition), 2013 (1): 82-84.
  10. ↑ Pan, X.-F., Li, L., Yang, J.-X. & Chen, X.-Y. (2013): Sinocyclocheilus xichouensis, a new species of golden-line fish from the Red River drainage in Yunnan, China (Teleostei: Cypriniformes). Zoological Research, 34 (4): 368-373. (In Chinese with English abstract)
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