Cobitidae

Bibarba parvoculus

Bibarba parvoculus

A cave loach endemic to Guangxi karst

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• East Asia
• Elongated
• Small
• Tropical fish

Bibarba parvoculus is a cave-dwelling species of loach endemic to a karst cave in Guangxi in southern China. Its only known congener (an organism within the same genus) is the surface-dwelling Bibarba bibarba, from which it is believed to have evolutionarily split in the Early Miocene.