Yaoshania

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cobitoidei

Familia: Gastromyzontidae
Genus: Yaoshania
Species (1): Y. pachychilus

Name

• Yaoshania Yang, Kottelat, Yang & Chen, 2012: 174

Type species: Protomyzon pachychilus Chen, 1980, by original designation.

Etymology: The generic name is derived from the Dayaoshan, the mountain from where the type species was recorded. Gender feminine.

References

Primary references

• Yang, J., Kottelat, M., Yang, J.-X. & Chen, X.-Y. 2012. Yaoshania and Erromyzon kalotaenia, a new genus and a new species of balitorid loaches from Guangxi, China (Teleostei: Cypriniformes). Zootaxa 3586: 173–186. Preview PDF Reference page.