Tanakia is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of seven species that occur in Eastern Asia. The type species is the Tanakia limbata.
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.[2]
Species
These are the currently recognised species in this genus:[3]
- Tanakia koreensis (I. S. Kim & C. H. Kim, 1990)
- Tanakia lanceolata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
- Tanakia latimarginata (Kim, Jeon & Suk, 2014)
- Tanakia limbata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Oily bitterling)
- Tanakia shimazui (Tanaka, 1908)
- Tanakia signifer (Berg, 1907) (Korean bitterling)
- Tanakia somjinensis (Kim & Kim, 1991)
References
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Acheilognathidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (9 February 2024). "Family ACHEILOGNATHIDAE Bleeker 1863 (Bitterlings)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Tanakia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
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