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Dzihunia

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Dzihunia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Dzihunia
Prokofiev, 2001
Type species
Nemacheilus amudarjensis
Rass, 1929

Dzihunia is a genus of stone loaches native to Central Asia.

Species

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There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]

On the other hand, in a recent molecular study on DNA barcoding in fish from Uzbekistan, it was found that the species diversity of Dzihunia is more than three, as previously believed.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Dzihunia". FishBase. December 2012 version.
  2. ^ Sheraliev, Bakhtiyor; Kayumova, Yorkinov (2024). "Dzihunia pseudoamudarjensis, a new nemacheilid loach from the Syr Darya drainage (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)". Zootaxa. 5536 (1): 185–192. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5536.1.8.
  3. ^ Sheraliev, Bakhtiyor; Peng, Zuogang (2021). "Molecular diversity of Uzbekistan's fishes assessed with DNA barcoding". Scientific Reports. 11: 16894. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-96487-1. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8376971. PMID 34413445. S2CID 237242923.