Altigena
Genus of fishes
| Altigena | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Altigena Burton, 1934 |
Altigena is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish found in the continental part of South East Asia. This genus was resurrected from Bangana by Maurice Kottelat in 2017.[1]
The generic name was originally intended as a subgenus of Osteochilus by a Chinese author Lin, and describes the distinguishing feature, alluding to altus, "high" and γένυς (génys), "chin". As Lin did not designate a type species, authorship was granted to Burton, the editor of the Zoological Record.[2]
Species
According to FishBase, there are currently nine recognized species in this genus.[3]
- Altigena daos (V. H. Nguyễn, 2001)
- Altigena discognathoides (Nichols & Pope, 1927)
- Altigena elegans (Kottelat, 1998)
- Altigena laticeps (Wu & Lin, 1977)
- Altigena lippa (Fowler, 1936)
- Altigena loos (V. H. Nguyễn, 2001)
- Altigena malihkaia Zheng, Qin & Chen, 2018[4]
- Altigena sinkleri (Fowler, 1934)
- Altigena tonkinensis (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1934)
- Altigena wui (Zheng & Chen, 1983)
- Altigena yunnanensis (Wu & Lin, 1977)
- Altigena zhui (Zheng & Chen, 1989)
References
- ^ LIN Feng and WANG Zhibang (22 April 2021). YANG Yingrun (ed.). "Scientists renew taxonomic revision of Altigena lippa and recover the validity of A. laticeps". Kunming Institute of Zoology.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (19 July 2024). "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE Bleeker 1859 (Labeos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Altigena". FishBase. July 2024 version.
- ^ Lan-Ping Zheng; Tao Qin; Xiao-Yong Chen (13 September 2018). "Altigena malihkaia, a new species of Labeonini (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Irrawaddy River basin in Myanmar". Zootaxa. 4476 (1): 87–93. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4476.1.8. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30313343. Wikidata Q57493579.
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