Formosania
| Formosania | |
|---|---|
| Formosiana lacustre | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Gastromyzontidae |
| Genus: | Ōshima, 1919[1] |
| Type species | |
| Formosiana gilberti, a synonym of Formosania lacustre Ōshima, 1919[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Crossostoma Sauvage, 1878 | |
Formosania is a genus of gastromyzontid loaches, most of which are endemic to mainland China. Two species, F. lacustris and F. tengi, are endemic to Taiwan.
Species
There are currently nine species recognized for this genus:[2][3]
- Formosania chenyiyui (C. Y. Zheng, 1991)
- Formosania davidi (Sauvage, 1878)
- Formosania fascicauda (Nichols, 1926)
- Formosania fasciolata (H. G. Wang, Z. Y. Fan & Ying Chen, 2006)
- Formosania galericula (X. F. Zhang, 2011)
- Formosania immaculata W. Sun, J.-J. Zhou & J.-Q. Yang, 2023
- Formosania lacustris (Steindachner, 1908)
- Formosania paucisquama (C. Y. Zheng, 1981)
- Formosania stigmata (Nichols, 1926)
- Formosania tinkhami (Herre, 1934)
References
- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Gastromyzontidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Formosamia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Formosania". FishBase. March 2024 version.