Metzia
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| Metzia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Xenocyprididae |
| Genus: | Metzia D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914[1] |
| Type species | |
| Acheilognathus mesembrinum | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Rasborinus Oshima, 1920 | |
Metzia is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies.[1] The fishes in this genus are found in Asia. The genus is named in honor of the American ichthyologist Charles William Metz of Stanford University.[2]
