Metzia
Genus of fishes
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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]
| 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 Jordan & Evermann, 1902[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Rasborinus Oshima, 1920 | |
Species
These are the currently recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Metzia alba (T. T. Nguyen, 1991)
- Metzia bounthobi Shibukawa, Phousavanh, Phongsa & Iwata, 2012
- 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
