Post by L Roebuck on Jan 23, 2007 9:19:42 GMT -5
New loach found in Indian cave system
Scientists have found a new species of loach in a cave system in Meghalaya State, India.
Maurice Kottelat, of the National University of Singapore, and two British scientists, Daniel Harries of Heriot-Watt University and Graham Proudlove of the University of Manchester, discovered the new fish species in the Synrang Pamiang system.
The balitorid loach is a member of the Nemacheilinae and has been named Schistura papulifera - a name chosen due to the presence of small skin projections on the lower half of the head.
Like most other cave-dwelling fishes, Schistura papulifera has a white body - it has no need for camouflage - and has vestigial eyes.
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Scientists have found a new species of loach in a cave system in Meghalaya State, India.
Maurice Kottelat, of the National University of Singapore, and two British scientists, Daniel Harries of Heriot-Watt University and Graham Proudlove of the University of Manchester, discovered the new fish species in the Synrang Pamiang system.
The balitorid loach is a member of the Nemacheilinae and has been named Schistura papulifera - a name chosen due to the presence of small skin projections on the lower half of the head.
Like most other cave-dwelling fishes, Schistura papulifera has a white body - it has no need for camouflage - and has vestigial eyes.
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