Bibarba bibarba
Species of fish
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Bibarba bibarba is a species of loach that is found in the Chengjiang River of the Long River system in China.[1] It is the only known congener of Bibarba parvoculus, a troglobitic species described in 2015, from which it is believed to have evolutionarily split in the Early Miocene.[2][3]
| Bibarba bibarba | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cobitidae |
| Genus: | Bibarba |
| Species: | B. bibarba |
| Binomial name | |
| Bibarba bibarba Y. X. Chen & Y. F. Chen, 2007 | |
Description
B. bibarba is a surface-dwelling species with normal eyes.[3] Males display a duplication of the lamina circularis on the second and third pectoral rays. The coracoid, mesocoracoid, and scapula are stouter in males, and the three bones are fused with the cleithrum.[3] It differs from B. parvoculus, by having lower vertebral counts, a narrower anterior part of the frontal bone at the orbital region, and increased sexual dimorphism.[3]