Hemimyzon taitungensis (common name: Taitung river loach,[2] in Chinese 臺東間爬岩鰍, 台東間吸鰍, or 石貼仔[2][3]) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Balitoridae that is endemic to Taiwan.[2][3][4] It is a small (length 12 cm (4.7 in)) freshwater fish currently known only from running waters of the Central Mountain Range of Taiwan at high and middle elevations.[3] In contrast to H. formosanus, it appears to be a well-defined species with no signs of strong genetic structuring suggestive of cryptic species.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Balitoridae |
| Genus: | Hemimyzon |
| Species: | H. taitungensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemimyzon taitungensis C. S. Tzeng & S. C. Shen, 1982
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kottelat, M. (1996). "Hemimyzon taitungensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T9890A13025401. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9890A13025401.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hemimyzon taitungensis". FishBase. October 2015 version.
- ^ a b c K. T. Shao. "Hemimyzon taitungensis". The Fish Database of Taiwan. WWW Web electronic publication, version 2009/1. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
- ^ Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke, eds. (4 January 2016). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ Wang, T. Y.; T. Y. Liao; C. S. Tzeng (2007). "Phylogeography of the Taiwanese endemic hillstream loaches, Hemimyzon formosanus and H. taitungensis (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae)" (PDF). Zoological Studies. 46: 547–560.