Metzia

Metzia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Xenocyprididae
Genus:	Metzia ; D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914
Type species
	Acheilognathus mesembrinum; Jordan & Evermann, 1902
Synonyms
	Rasborinus Oshima, 1920

Last updated January 07, 2026

Metzia is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies.^[1] The fishes in this genus are found in Asia. The genus is named in honor of the American ichthyologist Charles William Metz of Stanford University.^[2]

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus:^[3]

Metzia alba (T. T. Nguyen, 1991)
Metzia bounthobi Shibukawa, Phousavanh, Phongsa & Iwata, 2012
Metzia formosae (Ōshima, 1920)
Metzia hautus (T. T. Nguyen, 1991)
Metzia lineata (Pellegrin, 1907)
Metzia longinasus X. Gan, J. H. Lan & E. Zhang, 2009
Metzia mesembrinum (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1902)
Metzia parva W. Luo, J. P. Sullivan, H. T. Zhao & Z. G. Peng, 2015

References

1 2 3 4 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Xenocyprididae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 25 January 2025.
↑ "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily XENOCYPRIDINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 28 October 2016. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Metzia". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 24 January 2025.

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[Cof_family-1] 1 2 3 4 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Xenocyprididae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 25 January 2025.

[ETY-2] "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily XENOCYPRIDINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 28 October 2016. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2017.

[Cof_genus-3] Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Metzia". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 24 January 2025.

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