Dzihunia
Genus of fishes
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Dzihunia is a genus of stone loaches native to Central Asia.
| Dzihunia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Dzihunia Prokofiev, 2001 |
| Type species | |
| Nemacheilus amudarjensis Rass, 1929 | |
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Dzihunia amudarjensis (Rass (ru), 1929) (Bukhara stone loach)
- Dzihunia ilan (Turdakov, 1936)
- Dzihunia pseudoamudarjensis Sheraliev & Kayumova, 2024[2]
- Dzihunia turdakovi Prokofiev, 2003
On the other hand, in a recent molecular study on DNA barcoding in fish from Uzbekistan, it was found that the species diversity of Dzihunia is more than three, as previously believed.[3]
