Formosania

Formosania

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cobitoidei

Familia: Gastromyzontidae
Genus: Formosania
Species (12): F. chenyiyui – F. davidi – F. fascicauda – F. fasciolata – F. galericula – F. gilberti – F. immaculata – F. lacustris – F. paucisquama – F. stigmata – F. tangi – F. tinkhami

Name

• Formosania Oshima, 1919: 194

Type species: Formosania gilberti Oshima, 1919, by original designation and monotypy.

Synonyms

• Crossostoma Sauvage, 1878: 88 [preoccupied by Crossostoma Morris & Lycett 1851 in Mollusca, Crossostoma Gosse 1855 in Polychaeta, and by Crossostoma Agassiz 1862 in Cnidaria]

Type species: Crossostoma davidi Sauvage, 1878, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Sauvage, H.-E. 1878. Note sur quelques Cyprinidae et Cobitidae d'espèes inédites, provenant des eaux douces de la Chine. Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) 2: 86–90.
• Oshima, M. 1919. Contributions to the study of the fresh water fishes of the island of Formosa. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 12(2-4): 169–328 + pls. 48-53.

Additional references

• Chen, Y., Zhou, J-J., Chen, J-C. & Yang, J-Q. 2026. Formosania tangi, a new species of suck-loach (Cypriniformes, Gastromyzontidae) from the Jiulongjiang River, southeastern China, with taxonomic notes on F. fascicauda. ZooKeys 1273: 147–166. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1273.184335 Reference page. 
• Novák, J., Hanel, L. & Rícan, O. 2006. Formosania a replacement name for Crossostoma Sauvage, 1878 (Teleostei), a junior synonym of Crossostoma Morris & Lycett, 1851 (Gastropoda). Cybium 30(1): 92.
• Sun, W., Zhou, J.J. & Yang, J-Q. 2023. Formosania immaculata, a new species of hillstream loach (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Gastromyzontidae) from the Ou-Jiang River, Southeast China. Zookeys 1182ː 207–221. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1182.104240 Reference page.