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Genus of fishes
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:
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Metzia alba (
T. T. Nguyen, 1991)
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Metzia bounthobi
Shibukawa,
Phousavanh,
Phongsa &
Iwata, 2012
[2]
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Metzia formosae (
Ōshima, 1920)
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Metzia hautus (
T. T. Nguyen, 1991)
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Metzia lineata (
Pellegrin, 1907)
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Metzia longinasus
X. Gan,
J. H. Lan &
E. Zhang, 2009
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Metzia mesembrinum (
D. S. Jordan &
Evermann, 1902)
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Metzia parva
W. Luo,
J. P. Sullivan,
H. T. Zhao &
Z. G. Peng, 2015
[3]
References
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"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.
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^ Shibukawa, K., Phousavanh, P., Phongsa, K. & Iwata, A. (2012):
A new species of Metzia (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Northern Laos. Zootaxa, 3586: 264–271.
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^ 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.