''Tanichthys'' is a
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 ...
of
freshwater fish in the carp family (
Cyprinidae) of
order Cypriniformes. They are native to rivers and streams in China and
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
. Until recently, the
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specime ...
, ''T. albonubes,'' was the only one known. In 2001, however, Freyhof and Herder described a new and very similar
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 ...
, ''T. micagemmae,'' from the
Ben Hai River in Vietnam and V. H. Nguyen & S. V. Ngô described a third species from Vietnam.
The name ''Tanichthys'' comes from the name of the Chinese
Boy Scout leader, Tan, who discovered the first specimen.
Species
* ''
Tanichthys albiventris''
F. Li, T. Y. Liao, J. Bohlen, Z. X. Shen, L. J. Zhao & S. Li, 2022
* ''
Tanichthys albonubes''
S. Y. Lin, 1932 (White cloud mountain minnow)
* ''
Tanichthys flavianalis''
F. Li, T. Y. Liao, J. Bohlen, Z. X. Shen, L. J. Zhao & S. Li, 2022
* ''
Tanichthys kuehnei''
Bohlen, Dvorák, Ha & Šlechtová, 2019 (Lemon white cloud)
* ''
Tanichthys micagemmae''
Freyhof & Herder, 2001 (Vietnamese cardinal minnow)
* ''
Tanichthys thacbaensis''
V. H. Nguyễn & S. V. Ngô, 2001
References
External links
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Tincinae
Cyprinidae genera
Cyprinid fish of Asia
Paleontology in Shandong
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