Hemimyzon formosanus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Balitoridae
- Genus
- Hemimyzon
- Species
- Hemimyzon formosanus
- Scientific Name
- Hemimyzon formosanus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
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. Its maximum length is 10 cm (3.9 in). Variations in nucleotide sequences within the mitochondrial control region show strong geographic structuring suggestive of a cryptic species complex.
...Hemimyzon formosanus in languages:
- Chinese
- 臺灣間爬岩鰍
- Czech
- balitora formóská
- English
- Formosan River Loach
- English
- Taiwanese Hillstream Loach
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Hemimyzon confluens
- Hemimyzon ecdyonuroides
- Hemimyzon elongatus
- Hemimyzon formosanus
- Hemimyzon indicus
- Hemimyzon khonensis
- Hemimyzon macroptera
- Hemimyzon megalopseos
- Hemimyzon nanensis
- Hemimyzon nujiangensis
- Hemimyzon papilio
- Hemimyzon pengi
- Hemimyzon pumilicorpora
- Hemimyzon sheni
- Hemimyzon taitungensis
- Hemimyzon tchangi
- Hemimyzon yaotanensis
- Hemimyzon yushanensis







