Biology:Formosania

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Formosania
Formosiana lacustre.jpg
Formosiana lacustre
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Gastromyzontidae
Genus: Formosania
Ōshima, 1919
Type species
Formosiana gilberti = Formosania lacustre
Ōshima, 1919

Formosania is a genus of gastromyzontid loaches, most of which are endemic to mainland China . Two species, F. lacustris and F. tengi, are endemic to Taiwan.

Species

There are currently 10 species recognized for this genus:[1]

  • Formosania chenyiyui (C. Y. Zheng, 1991)
  • Formosania davidi (Sauvage, 1878)
  • Formosania fascicauda (Nichols, 1926)
  • Formosania fasciolata (H. G. Wang, Z. Y. Fan & Ying Chen, 2006)
  • Formosania galericula (X. F. Zhang, 2011)
  • Formosania lacustre (Steindachner, 1908)
  • Formosania paucisquama (C. Y. Zheng, 1981)
  • Formosania stigmata (Nichols, 1926)
  • Formosania tengi (M. Watanabe, 1983)
  • Formosania tinkhami (Herre, 1934)

References

  1. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.

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