Oryzias curvinotus, or the Hainan medaka, is a species of ricefish which is found in Quang Ninh Province in northern Vietnam and Hainan, Guangdong and Hong Kong in southern China.[1] It is found in both fresh and brackish water.[3] This species was described as Aplocheilus curvinotus in 1927 by J.T. Nichols and C.H. Pope with the type locality given as Nodoa, Hainan Island, China.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beloniformes |
| Family: | Adrianichthyidae |
| Genus: | Oryzias |
| Species: | O. curvinotus
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| Oryzias curvinotus (Nichols & C. H. Pope, 1927)
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Oryzias curvinotus can grow to 4 cm (1.6 in) total length.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Parenti, L. (2012). "Oryzias curvinotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T181194A1708251. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181194A1708251.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oryzias curvinotus". FishBase. February 2024 version.
- ^ Hau Duc Tran & Thuy Thi Ta (2016). "Dependence of Hainan medaka, Oryzias curvinotus (Nichols & Pope, 1927), on salinity in the Tien Yen estuary of northern Vietnam". Animal Biology. 66 (1): 49–64. doi:10.1163/15707563-00002486.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Aplocheilus curvinotus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
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