Oryzias curvinotus
Oryzias curvinotus or the Hainan medaka is a species of ricefish which is found in Quang Ninh Province in northern Vietnam and Hainan, Guangdong and Hong Kong in southern China.[1] It is found in both fresh and brackish water.[3] This species was described as Aplocheilus curvinotus in 1927 by J.T. Nichols and C.H. Pope with the type locality given as Nodoa, Hainan Island, China.[4]
| Oryzias curvinotus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beloniformes |
| Family: | Adrianichthyidae |
| Genus: | Oryzias |
| Species: | O. curvinotus |
| Binomial name | |
| Oryzias curvinotus (Nichols & C. H. Pope, 1927) | |
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References
- Parenti, L. (2012). "Oryzias curvinotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T181194A1708251. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181194A1708251.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Oryzias curvinotus" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- Hau Duc Tran & Thuy Thi Ta (2016). "Dependence of Hainan medaka, Oryzias curvinotus (Nichols & Pope, 1927), on salinity in the Tien Yen estuary of northern Vietnam". Animal Biology. 66 (1). doi:10.1163/15707563-00002486.
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Aplocheilus curvinotus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
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