Placocheilus cryptonemus

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

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: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Labeoninae
Genus: Placocheilus
Species: Placocheilus cryptonemus

Name

Placocheilus cryptonemus Cui & Li, 1984

• Holotype: KIZ 742035.
• Paratypes: KIZ (14).

Type locality: Laowo, 25°51'N, 99°01'E, Yunlong County, Yunnan Province, China.

Etymology: From crypto- (= hidden or concealed), and nema (= thread), presumably referring to absence of barbels. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Garra cryptonemus (Cui & Li, 1984) -- Li et al., 2008
• Garra cryptonema (Cui & Li, 1984) -- Li et al., 2008

References

• Cui, G.-H. & Li, Z.-Y. 1984. Description of a new cyprinid fish of the subfamily Barbinae from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 9(1): 110–112. Reference page. 
• Zhou, W., Li, M.-H., Wang, C.-P. & Qi, M., 2015: Morphometric studies of genus Placocheilus (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from Red River, China. Zoological Research 36 (6): 348-353. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Placocheilus cryptonemus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Placocheilus cryptonemus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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