Tanichthys is a genus of freshwater fish in the carp family (Cyprinidae) of order Cypriniformes. They are native to rivers and streams in China and Vietnam. Until recently, the type species, T. albonubes, was the only one known. In 2001, however, Freyhof and Herder described a new and very similar species, T. micagemmae, from the Ben Hai River in Vietnam and V. H. Nguyen & S. V. Ngô described a third species from Vietnam.
| Tanichthys | |
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| White Cloud Mountain minnow (T. albonubes) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Xenocypridinae |
| Genus: | Tanichthys S. Y. Lin, 1932 |
| Type species | |
| Tanichthys albonubes S.Y. Lin, 1932
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The name Tanichthys comes from the name of the Chinese Boy Scout leader, Tan Kam Fei, who discovered the first specimen.
Species
edit- Tanichthys albiventris F. Li, T. Y. Liao, J. Bohlen, Z. X. Shen, L. J. Zhao & S. Li, 2022
- Tanichthys albonubes S. Y. Lin, 1932 (White cloud mountain minnow)
- Tanichthys flavianalis F. Li, T. Y. Liao, J. Bohlen, Z. X. Shen, L. J. Zhao & S. Li, 2022
- Tanichthys kuehnei Bohlen, Dvorák, Ha & Šlechtová, 2019 (Lemon white cloud)
- Tanichthys micagemmae Freyhof & Herder, 2001 (Vietnamese cardinal minnow)
- Tanichthys thacbaensis V. H. Nguyễn & S. V. Ngô, 2001
References
editExternal links
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Tanichthys". FishBase. October 2011 version.
- "Tanichthys". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 December 2004.
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