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Bangana is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It is distributed across much of southern and eastern Asia. Species live mainly in the flowing waters of tropical and subtropical rivers.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Bangana is referenced by 17 other articles, and connects out to Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, Bangana behri and Asia.

It sits within the topics Bangana, Cyprinidae genera and Cyprinid fish of Asia.

Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderCypriniformes
  5. FamilyCyprinidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded469

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
17
Family
Cyprinidae
Collections
CAS, AUM, KU, JFBM, NRM, ROM
Recorded in
India, Nepal, Bangladesh, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Pakistan

Wikidata facts

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Commons category
Bangana
taxon name
Bangana
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Species
  • Phylogeny
  • References

Bangana is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It is distributed across much of southern and eastern Asia. Species live mainly in the flowing waters of tropical and subtropical rivers.

==Taxonomy== Bangana includes many species formerly classified in the genus Sinilabeo. A number of species often placed in Bangana have again been moved to other genera, notably Altigena, Gymnostomus, Incisilabeo, Speolabeo and Decorus, but to what extent these changes are recognized varies.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bangana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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