Tanichthys micagemmae

Taxobox
name = "Tanichthys micagemmae"
status = secure
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cypriniformes
familia = Cyprinidae
genus = "Tanichthys"
species = "T. micagemmae"
binomial = "Tanichthys micagemmae"
binomial_authority = Freyhof & Herder, 2001

"Tanichthys micagemmae" is a species of freshwater fish.It is a member of the carp family (family
Cyprinidae) of order Cypriniformes. It was onlydiscovered in 2001, in a tributary of the River Ben Hai in Quang Binhprovince, Vietnam.

It is similar in appearance to the White Cloud Mountain minnow ("T. albonubes"), the only other member of its genus, which is a commonly sold freshwater aquarium fish. "T. micagemmae" can be distinguished from its much more common cousin primarily by the lighter coloration of its lower body and by the centered position of its lateral stipes, compared with a position well above the middle in "T. albonubes."

The species, still a rarity, is sold in England under the common name "Vietnamese Cardinal Minnow". It is known in Finnish as "juovakardinaalikala" (striped cardinal fish), "kardinaalikala" (cardinal fish) being the White Cloud Mountain minnow.

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