Tanakia

Summary

Tanakia is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of seven species that occur in Eastern Asia. The type species is the Tanakia limbata.

Tanakia
Tanakia lanceolata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Acheilognathinae
Genus: Tanakia
D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914
Type species
Tanakia limbata

Genus is named for Shigeho Tanaka (1878-1974), “accomplished” ichthyologist of the Imperial University of Tokyo, who described Tanakia shimazui in 1908 and Pseudorhodeus tanago in 1909.[1]

Species edit

There are currently 7 species of this genus:[2][3]


References edit

  1. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (9 February 2024). "Family ACHEILOGNATHIDAE Bleeker 1863 (Bitterlings)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Tanakia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Tanakia in FishBase. March 2024 version.
  4. ^ Kim, D.; Jeon, H.B.; Suk, H.Y. (2014). "Tanakia latimarginata, a new species of bitterling from the Nakdong River, South Korea (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 25 (1): 59–68.