<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>It was suggested that the darkness environment would influence the fishes’ morphology, not only the barbells, snout, but also the male secondary sexual features. This paper reported that the three typical cave dwelling fish species of <italic>Triplophysa</italic> did not show these sexual morphological traits, such as <italic>Triplophysa lewangensis, Triplophysa nasobartula</italic> and <italic>Triplophysa zhenfengensis</italic> collected in Guizhou Province, meanwhile, there were not the description on the traits about the 11 typical cave dwelling species of this genus in Guangxi Province.</p></abstract>

It was suggested that the darkness environment would influence the fishes’ morphology, not only the barbells, snout, but also the male secondary sexual features. This paper reported that the three typical cave dwelling fish species of Triplophysa did not show these sexual morphological traits, such as Triplophysa lewangensis, Triplophysa nasobartula and Triplophysa zhenfengensis collected in Guizhou Province, meanwhile, there were not the description on the traits about the 11 typical cave dwelling species of this genus in Guangxi Province.

The Disappearance of Male Secondary Sexual Characteristics in the Typical Cave Species in <italic>Triplophysa</italic>

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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The Disappearance of Male Secondary Sexual Characteristics in the Typical Cave Species in 

It was suggested that the darkness environment would influence the fishes’ morphology, not only the barbells, snout, but also the male secondary sexual...

The Disappearance of Male Secondary Sexual Characteristics in the Typical Cave Species in Triplophysa

Published Online: Jan 21, 2020

Page range: 57 - 68

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2019-0005

Keywords
male secondary sexual characteristics, Guizhou Province China

© 2019 Jun Liang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Disappearance of Male Secondary Sexual Characteristics in the Typical Cave Species in Triplophysa

Published Online: Jan 21, 2020

Page range: 57 - 68

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2019-0005

Keywordsmale secondary sexual characteristics, Guizhou Province China

© 2019 Jun Liang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
male secondary sexual characteristics, Guizhou Province China