Horned Golden-line Barbel（Sinocyclocheilus rhinocerous）
Habitat: resides in under ground lakes.
Feeding habits: catch planktons in water and aquatic insects etc.
Features: it has a long body, which is quite flat. Its body exposes to
outside and has no scales on it. The forehead of its head protrudes forward like a
rhinoceros horn. Its eyes have become smaller because of degeneration. It has
well-developed cirrus and its fins are transparent. They live in underground lake water
and they swim to the exit of the Karst caves to seek for food sometimes.
Category: Pisces, Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae, Cybiinae
Distribution: it's found only in Xinzhai Dradon pond of Luoping, Yunnan.
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