Longanalus
Monotypic genus of fish
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Longanalus is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes. The only species on the genus is Longanalus macrochirous, a species of cave-dwelling fish endemic to the Maolan National Reserve in Guizhou, China.[1]
| Longanalus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
| Genus: | Longanalus W. X. Li, J. C. Ran & Hui Ming Chen, 2006 |
| Species: | L. macrochirous |
| Binomial name | |
| Longanalus macrochirous W. X. Li, J. C. Ran & Hui Ming Chen, 2006 | |
