Hemimyzon formosanus

Hemimyzon formosanus is a species of hillstream loach (a ray-finned fish) in the genus Hemimyzon. It is endemic to western portion of Central Mountain Range of Taiwan.[1] Its maximum length is 10 cm (3.9 in).[2] Variations in nucleotide sequences within the mitochondrial control region show strong geographic structuring suggestive of a cryptic species complex.[3]

Hemimyzon formosanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Balitoridae
Genus: Hemimyzon
Species:
H. formosanus
Binomial name
Hemimyzon formosanus
(Boulenger, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Homaloptera formosana Boulenger, 1894

Sources

  1. Shao, Kwang-Tsao. "Hemimyzon formosanus". The Fish Database of Taiwan. WWW Web electronic publication. Version 2009/1. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Hemimyzon formosanus" in FishBase. November 2012 version.
  3. Wang, T. Y.; T. Y. Liao; C. S. Tzeng (2007). "Phylogeography of the Taiwanese endemic hillstream loaches, Hemimyzon formosanus and H. taitungensis (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae)". Zoological Studies. 46: 547–560.


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