Tanakia

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Acheilognathinae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus		Family Cyprinidae Scientific name Tanakia Higher classification Cyprinidae Order Cypriniformes
Lower classifications Tanakia lanceolata, Pseudorhodeus tanago, Oily bitterling

Tanakia is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of five species that occurs in Eastern Asia. The type species is the Tanakia limbata.

Species

There are currently 8 species of this genus:

Tanakia himantegus (Günther, 1868)

Tanakia koreensis (I. S. Kim & C. H. Kim, 1990)

Tanakia lanceolata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

Tanakia latimarginata (Kim, Jeon & Suk, 2014)

Tanakia limbata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Oily bitterling)

Tanakia shimazui (S. Tanaka (I), 1908)

Tanakia signifer (L. S. Berg, 1907)

Tanakia somjinensis (I. S. Kim & C. H. Kim, 1991)

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