Morphometrics of eight Chinese cavefishes

This dataset provide information on eight species of Chinese cavefishes. Data showed here are the following: 1) ID_Collection (The specimen’s code in the ASIZB collection); 2) Family (The specimen’s family); 3) Genus (The specimen’s genus); 4) Species (The specimen’s species name); 5) Country (The country of specimen collection); 6) Province (The province of specimen collection); 7) County (The county of specimen collection); 8-9) Latitude and Longitude (Downgraded coordinates of collection localities); 10-11) Month and Year (The date of specimen collection); 12) Population (Code of each cavefish population); 13) Eye (Indicates if the eye is well Developed, Reduced or Absent); 14) Mouth_position (Indicates the position where the mouth opens:, Terminal, Subterminal, Inferior, Superior); 15) Caudal_fin_shape (Indicates the shape of the fish caudal fin: Rounded, Truncate, Emarginate, Forked, Lunate); 16-44) Measurement typology (The recorded measurements of cavefishes). Lengths are recorded in mm, while the area in mm2.