Metzia formosae is a species of cyprinid in the genus Metzia. It is considered "least concern" by the IUCN Red List.[1] It inhabits small rivers in still or slow-moving waters[2] and can be found in Yunnan, China[3] and Taiwan.[1] The mitogenome of Metzia formosae measures 16,614 base pairs, comprising 13 genes responsible for coding proteins, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and a noncoding control region. [4]

Metzia formosae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Metzia
Species:
M. formosae
Binomial name
Metzia formosae
(Oshima, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Rasborinus formosae (Oshima, 1920)
  • Ischikauia hainanensis (Nichols & Pope, 1927)
  • Metzia fanlingensis (Lin, 1939)
  • Rasborinus yaii (Harada, 1943)

References

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  1. ^ a b c Huckstorf, V. (2012). "Metzia formosae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T166183A1117603. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166183A1117603.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Wang, S., ed. (1998). China red data book of endangered animals. Pisces. National Environmental Protection Agency. Endangered Species Scientific Commission. Beijing, China: Science Press. pp. 247p.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Metzia formosae". FishBase. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  4. ^ Hung-du Lin, Feng-Jiau Lin, Tzen-Yuh Chiang & Teh-Wang Lee (2015) The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Metzia formosae (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae), Mitochondrial DNA, 26:2, 257-258, DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2013.823187