A long-ignored unique ecosystem of cavefishes in the southern karst: Achievements, challenges, and prospects

L Wu, C Fan, C Lan, J Yu, H Wen, Q Yang… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Cavefishes represent a taxon that has experienced natural selection pressures. This paper
summarizes the results with respect to the taxonomy, diversity, phylogeny, and adaptation …

[PDF][PDF] Evolution in the dark: Unexpected genetic diversity and morphological stasis in the blind, aquifer-dwelling catfish Horaglanis

R Raghavan, RL Sundar, CP Arjun… - Vertebrate …, 2023 - vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com
The lateritic aquifers of the southern Indian state of Kerala harbour a unique assemblage of
enigmatic stygobitic fishes which are encountered very rarely, only when they surface during …

[HTML][HTML] Protection and exploration of the scientific potential of Chinese cavefish

L Ma, JX Yang, FK Lei, MZ Xu, YH Zhao… - Zoological …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The karst habitats of Southwest China contain the richest cavefish fauna in the world.
However, many Chinese cavefish species are now at high risk of extinction. Chinese …

A new cavefish of Sinocyclocheilus (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from the Nanpanjiang River in Guizhou, China

Q Luo, Q Tang, L Deng, Q Duan… - Journal of Fish …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A new species, Sinocyclocheilus xingyiensis, is described based on specimens collected
from a karst cave in Guizhou Province, China. The authors used an integrated taxonomic …

Sensory evolution in a cavefish radiation: patterns of neuromast distribution and associated behaviour in Sinocyclocheilus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)

B Chen, T Mao, Y Liu, W Dai, X Li… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The genus Sinocyclocheilus, comprising a large radiation of freshwater cavefishes, are well
known for their presence of regressive features (eg variable eye reduction). Fewer …

[HTML][HTML]  Sinocyclocheiluslongicornus (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae), a new species of microphthalmic hypogean fish from Guizhou, Southwest China

C Xu, T Luo, JJ Zhou, L Wu, XR Zhao, HF Yang, N Xiao… - ZooKeys, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 Abstract Sinocyclocheiluslongicornussp. nov. is described from the Pearl River basin in
Hongguo Town, Panzhou City, Guizhou Province, Southwest China. Based on the presence …

Species delimitation, discovery and conservation in a tiger beetle species complex despite discordant genetic data

DP Duran, RA Laroche, SJ Roman, W Godwin… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
In an age of species declines, delineating and discovering biodiversity is critical for both
taxonomic accuracy and conservation. In recent years, there has been a movement away …

A genomic test of subspecies in the Eunota togata species group (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae): Morphology masks evolutionary relationships and taxonomy

RA Laroche, DP Duran, CTA Lee, W Godwin… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Most of the world's biodiversity is described primarily or exclusively using morphological
traits that may not always reflect the true evolutionary units. Accurate taxonomy is critical for …

Skin transcriptomic correlates of cave-dwelling Sinocyclocheilus cavefish

X Luo, B Chen, T Mao, Y Liu, J Yang… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction With 78 species, Sinocyclocheilus cavefish constitute the largest cavefish
radiation in the world. They exhibit remarkable morphological diversity across three habitat …

Expansion and contraction of lake basin shape the genetic structure of Sinocyclocheilus (Osteichthyes: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) populations in Central Yunnan …

XJ Che, YW Zhang, AL Wu, XF Pan… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Geological events can strongly affect the genetic structures and differentiation of fish
populations. Especially, as an endemic fish of the genus Sinocyclocheilus in the Yunnan …