Erromyzon sinensis

Taxonavigation

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 sinensis

Name

Erromyzon sinensis (Chen, 1980)

• Syntypes: Mus. Inst. Hydrobiol. Acad. Sinica 75-IV-1801-1805 (5), 2572-2574 (3), 2579 (1), 2581 (1), 2804 (1), 3217-3220 (4).

Type locality: West River, Lonsheng Xian, Lipu Xian and Jinxiu Xian, Guangxi Province, China.

Etymology: The specific epithet sinensis means "of China", derived from sinae (Latinized for "Chinese") + ensis (Latin for "belonging to").

Synonyms

• Protomyzon sinensis Chen, 1980

References

• Chen, Y.-Y.; 1980: Systematic studies of the fishes of the family Homalopteridae of China II. Classification of the fishes of the subfamily Gastromyzoninae. Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica, 7 (1): 95–120.
• 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.