Leptobotia hengyangensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidei

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 Subordo: Cobitoidei

Familia: Botiidae
Genus: Leptobotia
Species: Leptobotia hengyangensis

Name

Leptobotia hengyangensis Huang & Zhang, 1986

• Syntypes (2): IHB 80037, 80013.

Type locality: China, Hunan, Changjiang River [Xiang-jiang], Heng-Yang.

Etymology: Specific epithet hengyangensis derived from the type locality Heng-Yang.

References

• Huang, H.-J. & Zhang, W.; 1986: Description on three new species of fishes from the Changjiang River, China. Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica, 10 (1): 99–100.
• Kottelat, M. 2012. Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 26(Supplement 26): 1–199. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Leptobotia hengyangensis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.