Book
Fishes of the Genus Sinocyclocheilus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) in China. Systematics, biology, biogeography and cave adaptation
Zhao, Y., Zhang, C. and Proudlove, G.S.
Record Number:
4796
Year:
2021
Pages:
394 pages
Publisher:
Upfront Publishing and the Fisheries Society of the British Isles
Notes:
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Abstract:
As this book went into print there were over 250 species of subterranean fishes, with an additional 80 species showing eyelessness and depigmentation (troglomorphisms), as a result of living in lightless,
though not subterranean, habitats. Very few of these species have been studied in detail and only one
species, Astyanax jordani, has attracted very intense study (currently over 700 published works), as a result
of its interfertility with its sister species, the surface-living Astyanax mexicanus. The Astyanax model will
probably remain the most studied species but the genus Sinocyclocheilus, which is restricted to China, will
probably become the next model species in which to study the evolution of troglomorphisms. The reason for
studying troglomorphisms is that evolution takes place in many different caves which are isolated from each
other and therefore there are multiple independent ‘experiments’ which all arrive at the same conclusion.
This makes the conclusions drawn from these studies very broadly supported. The genus Sinocyclocheilus
contains 73 species occurring over a large geographic area and encompassing a large number of caves.
This is in contrast to Astyanax jordani which is known from only 30 caves in a relatively small region of Mexico.
These 73 Sinocyclocheilus species are members of four clades, i.e. jii, angularis, cyphotergous and tingi.
Furthermore, it is highly likely that these clades are considerably independent of one another so making a
second level in the hierarchy of independent experiments in evolution.
The present book is a significantly updated English translation of Zhao and Zhang (2009) and it will be
essential reading for anyone interested in subterranean biology. It will be of especial importance to future
generations of workers on the genus Sinocyclocheilus as the standard description of the biodiversity and
morphology of the genus.
ISBN:
ISBN: 9781784567736
Times Cited:
38
Relevent Species:
Sinocyclocheilus maculatus Li 2000Sinocyclocheilus longifinus Li 1996Sinocyclocheilus brevibarbatus Zhao, Lan and Zhang 2009Sinocyclocheilus flexuosdorsalis Zhu and Zhu 2012Sinocyclocheilus longibarbatus Wang and Chen 1989Sinocyclocheilus hugeibarbus Li and Ran in Li, Ran and Cheng 2003Sinocyclocheilus guanyangensis Chen, Peng and Zhang 2016Sinocyclocheilus yishanensis Li and Lan 1992Sinocyclocheilus donglanensis Zhao, Watanabe and Zhang 2006Sinocyclocheilus jiuxuensis Li and Lan 2003Sinocyclocheilus luopingensis Li and Tao 2002Sinocyclocheilus multipunctatus (Pellegrin 1931)Sinocyclocheilus broadihornes Li and Mao 2007Sinocyclocheilus aquihornes Li and Yang 2007Sinocyclocheilus xunlensis Lan, Zhao and Zhang, 2004Sinocyclocheilus tileihornes Mao, Lu and Li 2003Sinocyclocheilus tianlinensis Zhou, Zhang and He 2004Sinocyclocheilus anatirostris Lin and Luo 1986Sinocyclocheilus bicornutus Wang and Liao 1997Sinocyclocheilus hyalinus Chen and Yang 1993Sinocyclocheilus rhinocerous Li and Tao 1994Sinocyclocheilus angularis Zheng and Wang 1990Sinocyclocheilus anshuiensis Gan, Wu, Wei and Yang 2013Sinocyclocheilus luolouensis Lan in Lan, Gan, Wu and Yang 2013Sinocyclocheilus anophthalmus Chen and Chu 1988Sinocyclocheilus furcodorsalis Chen, Yang and Lan 1997Sinocyclocheilus cyphotergous (Dai 1988) Kottelat and Brehier 1999Sinocyclocheilus microphthalmus Li 1989Sinocyclocheilus altishoulderus (Li and Lan, 1992) Wang and Chen 1998Sinocyclocheilus lingyunensis Li, Xiao, Zan, Luo and Li 2000Sinocyclocheilus brevis Lan and Chen in Chen and Lan 1992Sinocyclocheilus convexiforeheadus Li, Yang and Li in Yang, Li and Li 2017Sinocyclocheilus sanxiaensis Jiang, Li, Yang and Chang 2019Sinocyclocheilus longshanensis Li and Wu in Li, Wu, Leng, Zhou, Pan, Han, Li and Liang 2018Sinocyclocheilus simengensis Li, Wu, Li and Lan in Wu, Li, Lan and Li 2018Sinocyclocheilus punctatus Lan and Yang in Lan, Qin, Lan, Xiu and Yang 2017Sinocyclocheilus zhenfengensis Liu, Deng, Ma, Xiao and Zhou 2018Protocobitis typhlops Yang and Chen 1993