Pink creature with no eyes found in underground river in China. It’s a new species
Photos show the “semi-translucent and pale pink” coloring of a Daxin Chinese karst loach. Seen from below, the fish has some ...
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Eyeless river creature with ‘visible’ skull found lurking in cave. It’s a new species
A photo shows one of these shadowy caves. One of the caves in Guangxi Province where Protocobitis longibarba, or long-barbel cave loaches, live. Photo from Qin, Liu, Zhang, Shi, Du and Zhou (2025) ...
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SAVING THE LOACH MINNOW
Native to the Gila River basin, the loach minnow and spikedace are adapted to the beautiful yet vulnerable ecology of southwestern desert rivers. These rare, pint-sized fish are just two of many river ...
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New ‘golden’ species found in China pond vanishes before more research can be done
Researchers said a “rapid decline” of plant life and the introduction of a new species may have led to the loach’s disappearance. Photo by Liu, Lyu, Du, Chen (2025) In a deep pond rich with ...