Altigena laticeps is a species of cyprinid fish found in the Upper Mekong River basin in Yunnan, China.[1][2] It was formerly considered a subspecies of Altigena tonkinensis.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Superfamily: | Cyprinoidea |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Altigena |
| Species: | A. laticeps
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| Binomial name | |
| Altigena laticeps (Wu & Lin, 1977)
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Etymology
editThe specific epithet laticeps derives from the Latin latus, wide or broad; and -ceps meaning "head".[4]
Description
editIt can grow to 23.8 cm (9.4 in) standard length.[2]
References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan, eds. (9 July 2024). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ a b c Ciccotto, Patrick J.; Feng Lin; Xiao-Yong Chen (2021). "Taxonomic revisions of Altigena laticeps and A. lippa (Cyprinidae: Labeoninae) from the Mekong River Basin". Zootaxa. 4941 (2): 271–280. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4941.2.7. PMID 33756943.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Altigena lippa". FishBase. February 2024 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (19 July 2024). "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE Bleeker 1859 (Labeos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
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