- Tanichthys micagemmae
Taxobox
name = "Tanichthys micagemmae"
status = secure
regnum =Animal ia
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 offreshwater fish .It is a member of thecarp family (familyCyprinidae ) of orderCypriniformes . It was onlydiscovered in 2001, in a tributary of theRiver Ben Hai inQuang Binh province,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 soldfreshwater 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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