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Tanakia

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

Genus is named for Shigeho Tanaka (1878-1974), “accomplished” ichthyologist of the Imperial University of Tokyo, who described Tanakia shimazui in 1908 and Pseudorhodeus tanago in 1909.^[1]

There are currently 9 species of this genus:^[2]^[3]

^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families ACHEILOGNATHIDAE, GOBIONIDAE and TANICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
^ "Tanakia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Tanakia in FishBase. October 2011 version.
^ Kim, D.; Jeon, H.B.; Suk, H.Y. (2014). "Tanakia latimarginata, a new species of bitterling from the Nakdong River, South Korea (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 25 (1): 59–68.

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

Genus is named for Shigeho Tanaka (1878-1974), “accomplished” ichthyologist of the Imperial University of Tokyo, who described Tanakia shimazui in 1908 and Pseudorhodeus tanago in 1909.