Australian Museum Journal Two species of cavefishes from northern Thailand in the genera Nemacheilus and Homaloptera (Osteichthyes: Homalopteridae)
- Shortform:
- Kottelat, 1988, Rec. Aust. Mus. 40(4): 225–231
- Author(s):
- Kottelat, M.
- Year published:
- 1988
- Title:
- Two species of cavefishes from northern Thailand in the genera Nemacheilus and Homaloptera (Osteichthyes: Homalopteridae)
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 40
- Issue:
- 4
- Start page:
- 225
- End page:
- 231
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.40.1988.156
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 16 December 1988
- Cover date:
- 16 December 1988
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- FISHES; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 22 January 2009
- Available online:
- 27 February 2009
- Reference number:
- 156
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (125kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1584kb PDF)
Abstract
Two new species of cavefishes from Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand represent the first record of cavefishes from that country. Nemacheilus oedipus n.sp. from Tham Nam Lang has degenerate eyes and is the first member of the Nemacheilinae with vestigial eyes and the seventh cavernicole. Homaloptera thamicola n.sp. from Tham Susa completely lacks eyes and is tentatively referred to Homaloptera, although it differs in details of mouth structure. It is the first blind cavernicolous representative of the Homalopterinae.