Thryssocypris tonlesapensis

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: Danionidae
Subfamilia: Chedrinae
Genus: Thryssocypris
Species: Thryssocypris tonlesapensis

Name

Thryssocypris tonlesapensis Roberts & Kottelat, 1984

• Holotype: MNHN 1982-1032.
• Paratypes: CAS 50946 (2), 55433 (6); MHNG 2119.63-64 (2); MNHN 1982-1033 (3), 1982-1034 (1); UMMZ 210277-79 (1, 1, 58), 210280 (36, now 30).

Type locality: Prek Tamen, at or near Snoc Trou, Cambodia [Kampuchea]

Etymology: From Tonle Sap, the enormous permanent backwater of the lower Mekong, into which the Prek Tamen and Prek Tasom flow.

References

• Roberts, T. R. & Kottelat, M.; 1984: Description and osteology of Thryssocypris, a new genus of anchovylike cyprinid fishes, based on two new species from southeast Asia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (Series 4) 43 (11): 141–158. BHL
• Thryssocypris tonlesapensis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.