Beaufortia kweichowensis

Beaufortia kweichowensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cypriniformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis/Superclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Infraclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Superordo: Ostariophysi Series: Otophysi Ordo: Cypriniformes

Familia: Gastromyzontidae
Genus: Beaufortia
Species: Beaufortia kweichowensis

Name

Beaufortia kweichowensis (Fang, 1931)

• Etymology: kweichowensis: named after Kweichow (now Guizhou) province, China, type locality of this species.

Synonyms

• Gastromyzon leveretti kweichowensis Fang, 1931
• Beaufortia kweichowensis gracilicauda Chen & Zheng, 1980

Vernacular names

English: Chinese Butterfly Loach
norsk: Fjellbekksmerling
suomi: Pisteimunuoliainen
ไทย: ปลาผีเสื้อติดหิน
中文: 貴州爬岩鰍

References

• Beaufortia kweichowensis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2018. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 10/2017.