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Altigena

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Altigena
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Altigena
Burton, 1934[1]
Type species
Varicorhinus discognathoides
Synonyms[1]
  • Vinalabeo Nguyen V. H., Nguyen H. D. & Nguyen T. D. P., 2016

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.[2]

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.[3]

Species

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Altigena contains the following valid species:[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labeoninae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Altigena". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 December 2024.