Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Anal soft rays: 9. Diagnosed by the following characters: body and snout elongate; eyes reduced to a black pigment; body without scales; cephalic lateral line system with 2 + 2 supratemporal, 7 supraorbital, 3 + 0 infraorbital and 8 preoperculomandibular pores; incomplete lateral line with 3 pores (Ref. 75196).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Nemacheilidae

Genus: Oreonectes

Species: Oreonectes microphthalmus Du, Chen & Yang, 2008

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits caves (Ref. 75196).

Habitat

demersal