Altigena

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Altigena
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Altigena
Burton, 1934 [1]
Type species
Varicorhinus discognathoides
Nichols & Pope, 1927 [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • VinalabeoNguyen V. H., Nguyen H. D. & Nguyen T. D. P., 2016

Altigena is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish found in the continental part of South East Asia. This genus was resurrected from Bangana by Maurice Kottelat in 2017. [2]

The generic name was originally intended as a subgenus of Osteochilus by a Chinese author Lin, and describes the distinguishing feature, alluding to altus, "high" and γένυς (génys), "chin". As Lin did not designate a type species, authorship was granted to Burton, the editor of the Zoological Record. [3]

Species

Altigena contains the following valid species: [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labeoninae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  2. LIN Feng and WANG Zhibang (22 April 2021). YANG Yingrun (ed.). "Scientists renew taxonomic revision of Altigena lippa and recover the validity of A. laticeps". Kunming Institute of Zoology.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (19 July 2024). "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE Bleeker 1859 (Labeos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Altigena". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 18 December 2024.