Biology:Hedinichthys

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Short description: Subgenus of fishes

Hedinichthys
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Hedinichthys
Rendahl (de), 1933
Type species
Nemacheilus yarkandensis
Day, 1877
Synonyms

Minihedinichthys Prokofiev, 2017

Hedinichthys is a genus of the stone loaches endemic to China . It has been regarded as a subgenus of Triplophysa.[1]

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Hedinichthys grummorum Prokofiev, 2010
  • Hedinichthys macropterus (Herzenstein, 1888)
  • Hedinichthys yarkandensis (F. Day, 1877) (Kashgarian loach)

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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). Species of Hedinichthys in FishBase. February 2022 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q5697402 entry