Metzia

Metzia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Xenocyprididae
Genus: Metzia
D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914
Type species
Acheilognathus mesembrinum
Jordan & Evermann, 1902
Synonyms

Rasborinus Oshima, 1920

Metzia is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. The fishes in this genus are found in Asia. The genus is named in honor of the American ichthyologist Charles William Metz of Stanford University.

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Xenocyprididae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily XENOCYPRIDINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 28 October 2016. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Metzia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 January 2025.