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Bangana

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Bangana
Bangana diplostoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Bangana
Hamilton, 1822[1]
Type species
Cyprinus dero
Hamilton, 1822[1]
Species

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Synonyms[1]

Bangana is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It is distributed across much of southern and eastern Asia. Species live mainly in the flowing waters of tropical and subtropical rivers.[2]

Taxonomy and species

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Bangana includes many species formerly classified in the genus Sinilabeo.[2] A number of species often placed in Bangana have again been moved to other genera, notably Altigena, Gymnostomus, Incisilabeo, Speolabeo and Decorus, but to what extent these changes are recognized varies.[3][4][5][6][7]

Bangana contains the following valid species:[8]

B. joalius (Hamilton, 1822) is a Species inquirenda within this genus.[8]

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. ^ a b Liu, K. and W. Zhou. (2009). Bangana brevirostris, a new species of cyprinid fish (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from the Lancang-Jiang (Upper Mekong River) drainage in Yunnan, Southwest China. Zootaxa 1980, 61-68.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Bangana". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  4. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Altigena". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  5. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Gymnostomus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  6. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Incisilabeo". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  7. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Decorus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  8. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Bangana". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 December 2024.