Beaufortia (Gastromyzontidae)

Beaufortia kweichowensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cobitoidei

Familia: Gastromyzontidae
Genus: Beaufortia
Species (11): B. cyclica – B. huangguoshuensis – B. intermedia – B. kweichowensis – B. leveretti – B. liui – B. niulanensis – B. pingi – B. polylepis – B. szechuanensis – B. zebroida

Species inquirenda et incertae sedis (1): B. buas

Name

• Beaufortia Hora, 1932: 318

Type species: Gastromyzon leveretti Nichols & Pope, 1927, by original designation.

Etymology: named after Dr. Lieven F. de Beaufort, Dutch ichthyologist.

References

Primary references

• Hora, S.L. 1932. Classification, bionomics and evolution of homalopterid fishes. Records of the Indian Museum 12(2): 263–330 + pls. 10-12.

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