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Formosania

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Formosania
Formosiana lacustre
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Gastromyzontidae
Genus: Formosania
Ōshima, 1919
Type species
Formosiana gilberti = Formosania lacustre
Ōshima, 1919
Synonyms

Crossostoma Sauvage, 1878

Formosania is a genus of gastromyzontid loaches, most of which are endemic to mainland China. Two species, F. lacustris and F. tengi, are endemic to Taiwan.

Species

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There are currently nine species recognized for this genus:[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived February 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Formosania". FishBase. March 2024 version.