Paedocypris

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: Paedocyprididae
Genus: Paedocypris
Species: P. carbunculus – P. micromegethes – P. progenetica

Name

• Paedocypris Kottelat, Britz, Hui & Witte, 2006
  • Placement in Paedocyprididae: Mayden & Chen, 2010

References

• Britz, R.; Kottelat, M. 2008: Paedocypris carbunculus, a new species of miniature fish from Borneo (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Raffles bulletin of zoology, 56: 415–422. PDF
• Kottelat, M.; Britz, R.; Hui, T.H.; Witte, K.-E. 2006: Paedocypris, a new genus of Southeast Asian cyprinid fish with a remarkable sexual dimorphism, comprises the world's smallest vertebrate. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B), 273: 895–899. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3419 JSTOR
• Mayden, R.L.; Chen, W.-J. 2010: The world’s smallest vertebrate species of the genus Paedocypris: A new family of freshwater fishes and the sister group to the world’s most diverse clade of freshwater fishes (Teleostei: Cypriniformes). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 57 (1): 152–175. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.008
• Rüber, L.; Kottelat, M.; Tan, H.H.; Ng, P.K.L.; Britz, R. 2007: Evolution of miniaturization and the phylogenetic position of Paedocypris, comprising the world's smallest vertebrate. BMC evolutionary biology, 7: 38. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-38

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus

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