Altigena laticeps

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Altigena laticeps
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Altigena
Species:
A. laticeps
Binomial name
Altigena laticeps
(Wu & Lin, 1977)
Synonyms
  • Sinilabeo laticeps(Wu & Lin, 1977)
  • Sinilabeo tonkinensis laticepsWu & Lin, 1977

Altigena laticeps is a species of cyprinid fish found in the Upper Mekong River basin in Yunnan, China. [1] [2] It was formerly considered a subspecies of Altigena tonkinensis . [2] [3]

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Etymology

The specific epithet laticeps derives from the Latin latus, wide or broad; and -ceps meaning "head". [4]

Description

It can grow to 23.8 cm (9.4 in) standard length. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan, eds. (9 July 2024). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Ciccotto, Patrick J.; Feng Lin; Xiao-Yong Chen (2021). "Taxonomic revisions of Altigena laticeps and A. lippa (Cyprinidae: Labeoninae) from the Mekong River Basin". Zootaxa. 4941 (2): 271–280. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4941.2.7. PMID   33756943.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Altigena lippa". FishBase . February 2024 version.
  4. ↑ 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.


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