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Horned Golden-line Barbel£¨Sinocyclocheilus rhinocerous£©

Habitat: resides in under ground lakes.

Feeding habits: catch planktons in water and aquatic insects etc.

Features: it has a long body, which is quite flat. Its body exposes to outside and has no scales on it. The forehead of its head protrudes forward like a rhinoceros horn. Its eyes have become smaller because of degeneration. It has well-developed cirrus and its fins are transparent. They live in underground lake water and they swim to the exit of the Karst caves to seek for food sometimes.

Category: Pisces, Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae, Cybiinae

Distribution: it's found only in Xinzhai Dradon pond of Luoping, Yunnan.


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