NDLI: The Hypogean fishes of China

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Author	Romero, Aldemaro Zhao, Yahui Chen, Xiaoyong
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	China has 92 described species of hypogean (cave and artesian) fishes. That is nearly one third of all the described hypogean fish species (299), more than any other country. Of all Chinese hypogean fishes 56 species show troglomorphisms, i.e., adaptations that have been correlated to the hypogean environment such as reduction and/or loss of eyes, pigmentation, and the gas bladder. Additionally, two other characters seem to be unique to some Chinese hypogean species: presence of a horn-like structure and hyperdevelopment of the dorsal protuberance similar to a humpback. Despite the fact that the first written account of a cave fish was for species found in China in 1540 (Romero 2001; and Introduction to this special volume), almost all the new descriptions have taken place in the last 20 years mostly in papers written in Chinese and/or in journals of difficult access outside China. This paper summarizes all the knowledge we have on the hypogean fishes of China and puts them in context regarding all the hypogean fishes in the world.
Starting Page	211
Ending Page	278
Page Count	68
File Format	PDF
ISSN	03781909
Journal	Environmental Biology of Fishes
Volume Number	86
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15735133
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2009-04-15
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Hypogean fishes Biodiversity Systematics Taxonomy Geographical distribution; convergent evolution Nature Conservation Environment Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography Zoology Freshwater & Marine Ecology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Aquatic Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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