Metzia formosae

Metzia formosae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Xenocyprididae
Genus: Metzia
Species:
M. formosae
Binomial name
Metzia formosae
(Ōshima, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Rasborinus formosae (Ōshima, 1920)
  • Ischikauia hainanensis (Nichols & Pope, 1927)
  • Metzia fanlingensis (S. Y. Lin, 1939)
  • Rasborinus yaii (Harada, 1943)

Metzia formosae is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. It is considered "least concern" by the IUCN Red List. It inhabits small rivers in still or slow-moving waters and can be found in Yunnan, China and Taiwan. The mitogenome of Metzia formosae measures 16,614 base pairs, comprising 13 genes responsible for coding proteins, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and a noncoding control region.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Huckstorf, V. (2012). "Metzia formosae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012 e.T166183A1117603. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166183A1117603.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Wang, S., ed. (1998). China red data book of endangered animals. Pisces. National Environmental Protection Agency. Endangered Species Scientific Commission. Beijing, China: Science Press. pp. 247p.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Metzia formosae". FishBase. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  5. ↑ Hung-du Lin, Feng-Jiau Lin, Tzen-Yuh Chiang & Teh-Wang Lee (2015) The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Metzia formosae (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae), Mitochondrial DNA, 26:2, 257-258, DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2013.823187