Tanichthys is a genus of freshwater fish in the carp family (Cyprinidae) of order Cypriniformes. They are native to rivers and streams in China and Vietnam. Until recently, the type species, T. albonubes, was the only one known. In 2001, however, Freyhof and Herder described a new and very similar species, T. micagemmae, from the Ben Hai River in Vietnam and V. H. Nguyen & S. V. Ngô described a third species from Vietnam.

Tanichthys
White Cloud Mountain minnow
(T. albonubes)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Xenocypridinae
Genus: Tanichthys
S. Y. Lin, 1932
Type species
Tanichthys albonubes
S.Y. Lin, 1932
Species

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The name Tanichthys comes from the name of the Chinese Boy Scout leader, Tan Kam Fei, who discovered the first specimen.

Species

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References

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  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Tanichthys". FishBase. October 2011 version.
  • "Tanichthys". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 December 2004.