Biology:Formosania
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Formosania is a genus of gastromyzontid loaches native to China and Taiwan.
Distribution
Most members of this are endemic to mainland China. Two species, F. lacustris and F. gilberti, are endemic to Taiwan.
Species
There are currently 11 species that has been recognized as belonging to this genus. They are listed below:[1][2]
- 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 tangi (Chen, Zhou, Chen & Yang, 2026)[3]
- Formosania tinkhami (Herre, 1934)
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Formosamia". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Formosamia.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Formosania in FishBase. March 2024 version.
- ↑ Chen, Yang; Zhou, Jia-Jun; Chen, Jing-Chen; Yang, Jin-Quan (2026-03-17). "Formosania tangi, a new species of suck-loach (Cypriniformes, Gastromyzontidae) from the Jiulongjiang River, southeastern China, with taxonomic notes on F. fascicauda" (in en). ZooKeys 1273: 147–166. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1273.184335. ISSN 1313-2970. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/184335/.
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