Metzia formosae

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Metzia formosae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Xenocyprididae
Genus: Metzia
Species:
M. formosae
Binomial name
Metzia formosae
(Ōshima, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Rasborinus formosae(Ōshima, 1920)
  • Ischikauia hainanensis(Nichols & Pope, 1927)
  • Metzia fanlingensis(S. Y. Lin, 1939)
  • Rasborinus yaii(Harada, 1943)

Metzia formosae is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. [2] It is considered "least concern" by the IUCN Red List. [1] It inhabits small rivers in still or slow-moving waters [3] and can be found in Yunnan, China [4] and Taiwan. [1] The mitogenome of Metzia formosae measures 16,614 base pairs, comprising 13 genes responsible for coding proteins, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and a noncoding control region. [5]

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References

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  3. Wang, S., ed. (1998). China red data book of endangered animals. Pisces. National Environmental Protection Agency. Endangered Species Scientific Commission. Beijing, China: Science Press. pp. 247p.
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  5. Hung-du Lin, Feng-Jiau Lin, Tzen-Yuh Chiang & Teh-Wang Lee (2015) The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Metzia formosae (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae), Mitochondrial DNA, 26:2, 257-258, DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2013.823187