Claea dafangensis Wang, Luo & Zhou, 2026
Dafang mountain loach
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Claea dafangensis
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Claea: Named for the Oreiad nymph of a sacred cave on Mount Kalathion in Messenia; dafangensis: Name 'dafangensis' from the type locality of the new species, Dafang County.
Eponymy: In Greek mythology, Claea was a nymph of a sacred cave on Mount Kalathion in Messenia in the Peloponnese. Kottelat chose this nymph’s name to replace another ‘nymph’ name – Oreias Sauvage, 1874 – which name was pre-occupied. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Etymology: Claea: Named for the Oreiad nymph of a sacred cave on Mount Kalathion in Messenia; dafangensis: Name 'dafangensis' from the type locality of the new species, Dafang County.
Eponymy: In Greek mythology, Claea was a nymph of a sacred cave on Mount Kalathion in Messenia in the Peloponnese. Kottelat chose this nymph’s name to replace another ‘nymph’ name – Oreias Sauvage, 1874 – which name was pre-occupied. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical
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Asia: China.
Size / Weight / Age
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal soft rays: 5. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: processus dentiformis prominent, covering lower jaw when mouth shut; presence of body pigmentation, eyes normal, with diameter 10.9-21.0% of head length (HL); tip of maxillary barbel reaching the posterior margin of eyes; 8-9 branched pectoral-fin rays; caudal-peduncle depth 6.1-8.7% SL; 16 branched caudal-fin rays; interorbital width 23.6-39.0% HL; outrostral barbel backward extending beyond the anterior nostrils; and anal fin base length 4.0-5.5% SL (Ref. 138730).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
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Wang, J.-J., T. Luo, M.-Y. Xiao, X. Xie, Y.-L. Wang, H.-Q. Deng, N. Xiao and J. Zhou, 2026. Claea dafangensis (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae), a new cave dwelling fish from the upper Wujiang River, Guizhou Province, China. Zoosyst. Evol. 102(2)519-531. (Ref. 138730)
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00724 (0.00347 - 0.01512), b=3.01 (2.84 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
2.8 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |