Crossed-fork back golden-line fish

Crossed-fork back golden-line fish
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Barbinae
Genus:	Sinocyclocheilus
Species:	S. furcodorsalis
Binomial name
	Sinocyclocheilus furcodorsalis; Y. R. Chen, J. X. Yang & J. H. Lan, 1997[1]
	Range in China in red
Synonyms
	Sinocyclocheilus tianeensis Li, Xiao & Luo, 2003

The crossed-fork back golden-line fish (Sinocyclocheilus furcodorsalis) is a species of blind cave fish in the family Cyprinidae.[2] It is endemic to the Guangxi province in southern China, and only known from an underground stream in Tian'e County.[1][2][3]

Description

Sinocyclocheilus furcodorsalis grow to 8.8 cm (3.5 in) standard length. They are eyeless. The body is depigmented, semi-transparent and whitish in colour.[1]

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Sinocyclocheilus furcodorsalis" in FishBase. January 2016 version.
Romero, A.; Zhao, Y.; Chen, X. (2009). "The hypogean fishes of China". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 86: 211–278. doi:10.1007/s10641-009-9441-3. S2CID 41778476.
Eschmeyer, W. N. and R. Fricke (eds) (31 March 2016). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 April 2016. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)

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[FishBase-1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Sinocyclocheilus furcodorsalis" in FishBase. January 2016 version.

[Romero_et_al_2009-2] Romero, A.; Zhao, Y.; Chen, X. (2009). "The hypogean fishes of China". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 86: 211–278. doi:10.1007/s10641-009-9441-3. S2CID 41778476.

[CoF-3] Eschmeyer, W. N. and R. Fricke (eds) (31 March 2016). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 April 2016. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)