Placocheilus caudofasciatus

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 caudofasciatus

Name

Placocheilus caudofasciatus (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936)

Holotype (unique): MNHN 1935-0327.

Type locality: Noire [Song Da] River at Lai Chau, Black River, Vietnam.

Etymology: From cauda (= tail), and fasciata (= banded), referring to two dark, semicircular marks on middle of each lobe of caudal fin. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

Discognathus caudofasciatus Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936
- Garra caudofasciata (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936) -- Mai, 1978
Garra angulostoma Mai, 1978
- Garra angulostomata Mai, 1978 --- Kottelat, 2001

References

Pellegrin, J. & Chevey, P., 1936: Poissons nouveaux ou rares du Tonkin et de l'Annam. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 61: 219–231. 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 caudofasciatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Placocheilus caudofasciatus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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