Tanakia

Tanakia
Tanakia lanceolata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Acheilognathidae
Genus:	Tanakia D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914 [1]
Type species
Rhodeus oryzae D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906 [1]

Tanakia is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of seven species that occur in Eastern Asia. The type species is the Tanakia limbata .

Genus is named for Shigeho Tanaka (1878-1974), "accomplished" ichthyologist of the Imperial University of Tokyo, who described Tanakia shimazui in 1908 and Pseudorhodeus tanago in 1909. ^[2]

Species

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

• Tanakia koreensis (I. S. Kim & C. H. Kim, 1990)
• Tanakia lanceolata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
• Tanakia latimarginata (Kim, Jeon & Suk, 2014)
• Tanakia limbata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Oily bitterling)
• Tanakia shimazui (Tanaka, 1908)
• Tanakia signifer (Berg, 1907) (Korean bitterling)
• Tanakia somjinensis (Kim & Kim, 1991)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Acheilognathidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 20 February 2025.
2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (9 February 2024). "Family ACHEILOGNATHIDAE Bleeker 1863 (Bitterlings)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Tanakia". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 20 February 2025.