Oreonectes shuilongensis

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: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Oreonectes
Species: Oreonectes shuilongensis

Name

Oreonectes shuilongensis Deng et al., 2016

• Holotype: GNUG 20100618010.
• Paratypes: GNUG 20090723001–20090723003, 20100618001–20100618009.

Type locality: China: Guizhou Province: Sandu County: Shuilong Township: unnamed stream in Liujiang River basin, 25°50′44.4″ N, 107°52′54.3″ E.

Etymology: The specific epithet is based on the Chinese name “Shuilong,” which is the name of the township where the specimens were collected.

References

• Deng, H-Q., Xiao, N., Hou, X-F. & Zhou, J. 2016. A new species of the genus Oreonectes (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) from Guizhou, China. Zootaxa 4132(1): 143–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.1.13. Reference page. 

Links

• Oreonectes shuilongensis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

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