Metzia is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in eastern Asia. The genus is named in honor of the American ichthyologist Charles William Metz of Stanford University.[1]
| Metzia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Xenocyprinae |
| Genus: | Metzia D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914 |
| Type species | |
| Acheilognathus mesembrinum Jordan & Evermann, 1902
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| Synonyms | |
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Rasborinus Oshima, 1920 | |
Species
editThere are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
- Metzia alba (T. T. Nguyen, 1991)
- Metzia bounthobi Shibukawa, Phousavanh, Phongsa & Iwata, 2012[2]
- 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[3]
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ Shibukawa, K., Phousavanh, P., Phongsa, K. & Iwata, A. (2012): A new species of Metzia (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Northern Laos. Zootaxa, 3586: 264–271.
- ^ Luo, W.; Sullivan, J.P.; Zhao, H.-T.; Peng, Z.-G. (2015). "Metzia parva, a new cyprinid species (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from south China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3962 (1): 226–234. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.14. PMID 26249388.
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