Tanakia is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of five species that occurs in Eastern Asia. The type species is the Tanakia limbata.
Tanakia | |
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Tanakia lanceolata | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Acheilognathinae |
Genus: | Tanakia D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914 |
Type species | |
Tanakia limbata Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 |
Genus is named for Shigeho Tanaka (1878-1974), “accomplished” ichthyologist of the Imperial University of Tokyo, who described Tanakia shimazui in 1908 and Pseudorhodeus tanago in 1909.[1]
There are currently 9 species of this genus:[2][3]
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