Metzia

Metzia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Subfamily:Alburninae
Genus:Metzia
D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914
Type species
Acheilognathus mesembrinum
Jordan & Evermann, 1902
Synonyms

Rasborinus Oshima, 1920

Metzia is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in eastern Asia. The genus is named in honor of the American ichthyologist Charles William Metz of Stanford University.[1]

Species

There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:

  • Metzia alba (T. T. Nguyen, 1991)
  • Metzia bounthobi Shibukawa, Phousavanh, Phongsa & Iwata, 2012 [2]
  • Metzia formosae (Ōshima, 1920)
  • Metzia hautus (T. T. Nguyen, 1991)
  • Metzia lineata (Pellegrin, 1907)
  • Metzia longinasus X. Gan, J. H. Lan & E. Zhang, 2009
  • Metzia mesembrinum (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1902)
  • Metzia parva W. Luo, J. P. Sullivan, H. T. Zhao & Z. G. Peng, 2015 [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily XENOCYPRIDINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Shibukawa, K., Phousavanh, P., Phongsa, K. & Iwata, A. (2012): A new species of Metzia (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Northern Laos. Zootaxa, 3586: 264–271.
  3. ↑ Luo, W., Sullivan, J.P., Zhao, H.-T. & Peng, Z.-G. (2015). "Metzia parva, a new cyprinid species (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from south China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3962 (1): 226–234. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.14.


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