Metzia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

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: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Xenocyprididae
Genus: Metzia
Species: M. alba – M. bounthobi – M. formosae – M. hautus – M. lineata – M. longinasus – M. mesembrinum – M. parva

Name

Metzia Jordan & Thompson, 1914

• Type species: Acheilognathus mesembrinum Jordan & Evermann, 1902

Etymologie: In honour of Charles William Metz, Stanford University, who helped authors identify fishes collected in Japan.

Synonyms

• Rasborinus Oshima, 1920

References

• Jordan, D. S. & Thompson, W. F.; 1914: Record of the fishes obtained in Japan in 1911. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, 6 (4): 205–313, Pls. 24-42. BHL
• Metzia and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.