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: Xenocyprididae
Genus: Metzia
Species: M. alba – M. bounthobi – M. formosae – M. hautus – M. lineata – M. longinasus – M. mesembrinum – M. parva
Name
Metzia Jordan & Thompson, 1914
Type species: Acheilognathus mesembrinum Jordan & Evermann, 1902
Etymologie: In honour of Charles William Metz, Stanford University, who helped authors identify fishes collected in Japan.
Synonyms
Rasborinus Oshima, 1920
References
Jordan, D. S. & Thompson, W. F.; 1914: Record of the fishes obtained in Japan in 1911. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, 6 (4): 205–313, Pls. 24-42. BHL
Metzia and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Metzia is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in eastern Asia. The genus is named in honor of the American ichthyologist Charles William Metz of Stanford University.[1]
Species
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
Metzia alba (T. T. Nguyen, 1991)
Metzia bounthobi Shibukawa, Phousavanh, Phongsa & Iwata, 2012[2]
Metzia formosae (Ōshima, 1920)
Metzia hautus (T. T. Nguyen, 1991)
Metzia lineata (Pellegrin, 1907)
Metzia longinasus X. Gan, J. H. Lan & E. Zhang, 2009
Metzia mesembrinum (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1902)
Metzia parva W. Luo, J. P. Sullivan, H. T. Zhao & Z. G. Peng, 2015[3]
References
"Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily XENOCYPRIDINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
Shibukawa, K., Phousavanh, P., Phongsa, K. & Iwata, A. (2012): A new species of Metzia (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Northern Laos. Zootaxa, 3586: 264–271.
Luo, W.; Sullivan, J.P.; Zhao, H.-T.; Peng, Z.-G. (2015). "Metzia parva, a new cyprinid species (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from south China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3962 (1): 226–234. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.14. PMID 26249388.
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