Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis/Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Series: Otophysi
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Superfamilia: Cyprinoidea

Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Xenocypridinae
Genus: Aphyocypris
Species: Aphyocypris pulchrilineata

Name

Aphyocypris pulchrilineata Zhu et al., 2013

  • Holotype: ASIZB 183459.
  • Paratypes (6): ASIZB 183460–183465.

Type locality: Chengjiang River at Chengjiang town, 23°55'45"N, 108°06'18"E , Du’an County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.

Etymology: The specific epithet pulchrilineata is a combination of the Latin pulcher (= beautiful) and lineata (= bearer of lines), to mention the beautiful lines at the flanks of the species.

References

  • Zhu, Y., Zhao, Y. & Huang, K.; 2013: Aphyocypris pulchrilineata, a new miniature cyprinid species (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Guangxi, China. Ichthyological Research, Article first published online: 06 March 2013 DOI: 10.1007/s10228-013-0338-y
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