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]

Linichthys laticeps
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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
Binomial name
Linichthys laticeps
Synonyms

Barbodes laticeps Lin & Zhang, 1986

Etymology

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The genus is named after Lin Ren-Duan. A Chinese ichthyologist.[2]


References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Linichthys laticeps". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  2. ^ 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.