Specimen image via iDigBio · BY
Myxocyprinus
Sign in to saveMyxocyprinus is a monotypic genus of freshwater fish in the monotypic subfamily Myxocyprininae within the family Catostomidae, with its only species being Myxocyprinus asiaticus. It grows to about long.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCatostomidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- With media
- 8
- Family
- Catostomidae
- Collections
- NHMUK
- Recorded in
- China
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Catostomidae
- Image
- Myxocyprinus asiaticus by OpenCage.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Myxocyprinus
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Myxocyprinus
- topic's main category
- Category:Myxocyprinus
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~5 min read
Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Nomenclature
- Description
- Genetics
- Distribution and habitat
- Relation to humans
- Conservation
- See also
- References
- External links
Myxocyprinus is a monotypic genus of freshwater fish in the monotypic subfamily Myxocyprininae within the family Catostomidae, with its only species being Myxocyprinus asiaticus. It grows to about long.
==Nomenclature== In the aquarium trade, this species is known under various common names (as a marketing effort), including the Chinese sucker, Chinese high-fin banded shark, Chinese banded shark, Chinese sailfin sucker, high-fin (also spelled hi-fin) banded loach, high-fin loach, Chinese high-fin sucker, sailfin sucker, topsail sucker, Asian sucker, wimple carp, wimple, freshwater batfish, Chinese or Asian zebra high-fin shark, Chinese or Asian zebra high-fin sucker, Chinese emperor, Siamese sucker, and entsuyui in Japanese. Despite its common names, it bears no relation to real sharks.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Myxocyprinus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.