Paralepidocephalus translucens

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cobitoidei

Familia: Cobitidae
Genus: Paralepidocephalus
Species: Paralepidocephalus translucens

Name

Paralepidocephalus translucens Liu et al., 2016

• Holotype: KIZ 2012000542.

Type locality: China: Yunnan: Luoping County: Luoxiong Town: outlet of a subterranean river in a cave (24°50'35" N 104°23'12" E), draining to Nanpanjiang River.

Etymology: The specific name translucens comes from the Latin adjective meaning translucent, referring to the species appearance when alive.

References

• Liu, S.-W., Yang, J.-X. & Chen, X.-Y. 2016 Paralepidocephalus translucens, a new species of loach from a cave in eastern Yunnan, China (Teleostei: Cobitidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 27(1): 61–66. Abstract Reference page.