Sinocyclocheilus tileihornes

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Cyprininae
Genus: Sinocyclocheilus
Species: Sinocyclocheilus tileihornes

Name

Sinocyclocheilus tileihornes Mao et al., 2003

• Holotype: KIZ 2002091001.
• Paratypes: KIZ 2002091002-07 (6).
• Type locality: A'gang town, subterranean river, ca. 25°01'N, 103°59'E [1], Luoping County, Yunnan Province, China.
• Etymology: the species name is an example of "fake Latin". The species is named from the top of the horn-like bony protuberance on its head, which is forked, its authors say, like a Chinese roof tile (see: The ETYFish Project).

References

• Mao, W.-N., Lu, Z.-M., Li, W.-X., Ma, H.-B. & Huang, G. (2003). A new species of Sinocyclocheilus (Cyprinidae) from [a] cave of Yunnan, China. Journal of Zhanjiang Ocean University 23 (3): 1–3.