Abstract
‘Henicorhynchus’thaituisp. nov. is described from a subterranean stream in a karst cave in Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh Province, Central Vietnam. It differs from all congeners in having a pale pink body in life, smaller eyes with diameter less than the maxillary barbel length, and two pairs of barbels, the maxillary barbel being much longer than the rostral barbel.
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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