Erromyzon compactus
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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
Familia: Gastromyzontidae
Genus: Erromyzon
Species: Erromyzon compactus
Name edit
Erromyzon compactus Kottelat, 2004
- Holotype (unique): ZRC 49636.
Type locality: 4 kilometers upriver of Ba Che city, 21°16'34"N, 107°14'54"E, Ba Che River, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam. [1]
Etymology: The specific epithet is the Latin word compactus (= joined, fastened together, united), but is used here for the compact appearence of the body.
References edit
- Kottelat, M.; 2004: On the Bornean and Chinese Protomyzon (Teleostei: Balitoridae), with descriptions of two new genera and two new species from Borneo, Vietnam and China. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 15 (4): 301–310.
- Yang, J., Kottelat, M., Yang, J.-X. & Chen, X.-Y. 2012. Yaoshania and Erromyzon kalotaenia, a new genus and a new species of balitorid loaches from Guangxi, China (Teleostei: Cypriniformes). Zootaxa 3586: 173–186. Preview PDF Reference page.