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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Labeoninae
Genus: Mekongina
Species: M. bibarba – M. erythrospila – M. ancangensis
Name

Mekongina Fowler, 1937

Etymology: mekongina: named after the Mekong (Kong river), border between Thailand and Laos, where this species was discovered.

References

Mekongina species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Mekongina is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Southeast Asia and China.[1][2]
Species

There are currently three described species in this genus:[1][2]

Mekongina bibarba (V. H. Nguyễn, 2001)
Mekongina erythrospila (Fowler, 1937)
Mekongina lancangensis (Jian Yang, X. Y. Chen & J. X. Yang, 2008)

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Mekongina". FishBase. August 2015 version.
Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke R., eds. (1 October 2015). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on May 3, 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

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