Biwia zezera

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Biwia zezera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Gobioninae
Genus: Biwia
Species:
B. zezera
Binomial name
Biwia zezera
(Ishikawa, 1895)
Synonyms

Pseudogobio zezera

Biwia zezera is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Biwia found in Japan. [1]

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Biwia zezera" in FishBase . April 2006 version.