title: Sinocyclocheilus brevifinus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a new species of cavefish from Guangxi, China.
abstract: Sinocyclocheilus brevifinus sp. nov. is described from a subterranean river at Maohedong Village, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Southern China. The new species can be distinguished from all congeners in having functional eyes, last simple dorsal fin ray soft and without serrations along posterior margin, eye diameter small (3.4-5.0 %SL), tip of depressed dorsal fin not reaching vertical at anal fin origin, tip of depressed pelvic fin far from anus, maxillary barbel not reaching anterior edge of operculum, rostral barbel not reaching posterior edge of operculum, scales of lateral line row significantly larger than those of scale rows immediately above and below lateral line, and flanks with distinct black spots and blotches.
authors.affiliation: Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, Key Field Station of Observation and Research for Fishery Resource and Environment in Middle-Lower Reaches of Pearl River Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, 510380,P.R. China.; Email: lijie1561@163.com.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, Key Field Station of Observation and Research for Fishery Resource and Environment in Middle-Lower Reaches of Pearl River Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, 510380,P.R.; Email: lxhui01@aliyun.com.
authors.forename: Xinhui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri 63103 USA.; Email: cypriniformes@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Mayden
mesh_terms: D058500:Animal Fins / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D059552:Caves; D002681:China; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D005123:Eye / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male