Linichthys laticeps is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to China where it is found the in upper and middle Zhu Jiang basin and the upper Chang Jiang basin in the city of Guiyang, Guizhou Province. It is the only member of its genus. This species reaches a length of 11.0 cm (4.3 in). [1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Linichthys E. Zhang & F. Fang, 2005 |
| Species: | L. laticeps
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| Linichthys laticeps (R. D. Lin & C. G. Zhang, 1986)
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| Synonyms | |
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Barbodes laticeps Lin & Zhang, 1986 | |
Etymology
editThe genus is named after Lin Ren-Duan. A Chinese ichthyologist.[2]
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Linichthys laticeps". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- Zhang, E. and F. Fang, 2005. Linichthys: a new genus of Chinese cyprinid fishes (Teleostei: Cypriniformes). Copeia 2005(1):61-67.
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