Metzia
| Metzia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Xenocyprididae |
| Genus: | Metzia D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914[1] |
| Type species | |
| Acheilognathus mesembrinum Jordan & Evermann, 1902[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Rasborinus Oshima, 1920 | |
Metzia is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies.[1] The fishes in this genus are found in Asia. The genus is named in honor of the American ichthyologist Charles William Metz of Stanford University.[2]
Species
[edit]These are the currently recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Metzia alba (T. T. Nguyen, 1991)
- Metzia bounthobi Shibukawa, Phousavanh, Phongsa & Iwata, 2012
- Metzia formosae (Ōshima, 1920)
- Metzia hautus (T. T. Nguyen, 1991)
- Metzia lineata (Pellegrin, 1907)
- Metzia longinasus X. Gan, J. H. Lan & E. Zhang, 2009
- Metzia mesembrinum (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1902)
- Metzia parva W. Luo, J. P. Sullivan, H. T. Zhao & Z. G. Peng, 2015
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Xenocyprididae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily XENOCYPRIDINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Metzia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
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