''Sinigarra napoense'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of labeonin

cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest ver ...

fish known only from

Guangxi Province Guangxi (; ; alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam ( ...

, China. This species grows to a length of SL. This species is the only known member of its

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the Phonological chan ...

The generic name is derived from the Latin ''Sinae'', meaning China, and the labeonin genus ''Garra''. The specific epithet is derived from

Napo County Napo County (; za, Nazboh Yen) is a county in the west of Guangxi, China, bordering Yunnan province to the north and northwest as well as Vietnam's Cao Bằng and Hà Giang provinces to the south and west, respectively. It is under the administr ...

, the type locality.

References

* Zhang, E & Zhou, W. (2012)
''Sinigarra napoense'', a new genus and species of labeonin fishes (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Guangxi Province, South China.
''Zootaxa, 3586: 17–25.'' Cyprinid fish of Asia Fish described in 2012 {{Cyprinidae-stub