Biology:Beaufortia (fish)

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Beaufortia
Beaufortia kweichowensis.jpg
Beaufortia kweichowensis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Gastromyzontidae
Genus: Beaufortia
Hora, 1932
Type species
Gastromyzon leveretti
Nichols & Pope, 1927
Species

14, see text

Beaufortia is a genus of gastromyzontid loaches from China and mainland Southeast Asia.

Species

There are currently 16 species recognized in this genus though the generic placement of some and validity of others are questionable:[1]

  • Beaufortia buas (Đ. Y. Mai, 1978) (species inquirenda in Beaufortia)
  • Beaufortia cyclica Yi-Yu Chen, 1980
  • Beaufortia daon (Đ. Y. Mai, 1978)
  • Beaufortia elongata (Đ. Y. Mai, 1978)
  • Beaufortia huangguoshuensis C. Y. Zheng & W. Zhang, 1987
  • Beaufortia intermedia W. Q. Tang & D. Z. Wang, 1997
  • Beaufortia kweichowensis (P. W. Fang, 1931)
  • Beaufortia leveretti (Nichols & C. H. Pope, 1927)
  • Beaufortia liui H. W. Chang, 1944
  • Beaufortia loos (Đ. Y. Mai, 1978) (species inquirenda in Beaufortia)
  • Beaufortia niulanensis Z. M. Chen, Y. F. Huang & J. X. Yang, 2009
  • Beaufortia pingi (P. W. Fang, 1930)
  • Beaufortia polylepis Y. R. Chen, 1982
  • Beaufortia szechuanensis (P. W. Fang, 1930)
  • Beaufortia yunnanensis (W. X. Li, Zong-Min Lu & W. N. Mao, 1988) (species inquirenda in Beaufortia)
  • Beaufortia zebroidus (P. W. Fang, 1930)

References

  1. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.

Wikidata ☰ Q1758637 entry