Longanalus is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes. The only species on the genus is Longanalus macrochirous, a species of cave-dwelling fish endemic to the Maolan National Reserve in Guizhou, China.[1]
Longanalus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
Genus: | Longanalus W. X. Li, J. C. Ran & Hui Ming Chen, 2006 |
Species: | L. macrochirous
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Binomial name | |
Longanalus macrochirous W. X. Li, J. C. Ran & Hui Ming Chen, 2006
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References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Longanalus macrochirous". FishBase. August 2011 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Longanalus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 December 2024.