Vanmanenia

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Vanmanenia
Vanmanenia pingchowensis.jpg
Vanmanenia pingchowensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Gastromyzontidae
Genus: Vanmanenia
Hora, 1932
Type species
Homalosoma stenosoma
Boulenger, 1901
Synonyms
  • HomalosomaBoulenger, 1901
  • PraeformosaniaP. W. Fang, 1935

Vanmanenia is a genus of loaches from China and mainland Southeast Asia.

China Country in East Asia

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around 1.404 billion. Covering approximately 9,600,000 square kilometers (3,700,000 sq mi), it is the third- or fourth-largest country by total area. Governed by the Communist Party of China, the state exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities, and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.

Mainland Southeast Asia Peninsulas of Asia

Mainland Southeast Asia, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia east of India and south of China that is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east.

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Species

There are currently 17 species recognized in this genus: [1]

John Treadwell Nichols American ichthyologist and ornithologist

John Treadwell Nichols was an American ichthyologist and ornithologist.

Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist specializing in Eurasian freshwater fishes.

George Albert Boulenger Belgian-British zoologist

George Albert Boulenger was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Boulenger was also an active botanist during the last 30 years of his life, especially in the study of roses.

Questionable species

There are three species of questionable validity that FishBase recognizes but that Kottelat and the California Academy of Sciences' Catalog of Fishes (following Kottelat) consider probable junior synonyms:

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References

  1. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
  2. Yi, W.-J., Zhang, E & Shen, J.-Z. (2014): Vanmanenia maculata, a new species of hillstream loach from the Chang-Jiang Basin, South China (Teleostei: Gastromyzontidae). Zootaxa, 3802 (1): 85–97.