Formosania
| Formosania | |
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| Formosiana lacustre | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Gastromyzontidae |
| Genus: | Formosania Ōshima, 1919[1] |
| Type species | |
| Formosiana gilberti, a synonym of Formosania lacustre Ōshima, 1919[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Crossostoma Sauvage, 1878 | |
Formosania is a genus of gastromyzontid loaches, most of which are endemic to mainland China. Two species, F. lacustris and F. tengi, are endemic to Taiwan.
Species
[edit]There are currently nine species recognized for this genus:[2][3]
- Formosania chenyiyui (C. Y. Zheng, 1991)
- Formosania davidi (Sauvage, 1878)
- Formosania fascicauda (Nichols, 1926)
- Formosania fasciolata (H. G. Wang, Z. Y. Fan & Ying Chen, 2006)
- Formosania galericula (X. F. Zhang, 2011)
- Formosania immaculata W. Sun, J.-J. Zhou & J.-Q. Yang, 2023
- Formosania lacustris (Steindachner, 1908)
- Formosania paucisquama (C. Y. Zheng, 1981)
- Formosania stigmata (Nichols, 1926)
- Formosania tinkhami (Herre, 1934)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Gastromyzontidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Formosamia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Formosania". FishBase. March 2024 version.
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