Tanakia

Taxobox
name = "Tanakia"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cypriniformes
familia = Cyprinidae
genus = "Tanakia"
genus_authority = Jordan and Thompson, 1914
type_species = "Rhodeus oryzae" Jordan & Seale , 1906
subdivision_ranks = Species
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"Tanakia" is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of 3 species. The type species is the "Rhodeus oryzae". The name is possibly derived from the Swahili word "tanaki", meaning "reservoir".

pecies

* "Tanakia lanceolata" (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846)
* "Tanakia limbata" (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846)
* "Tanakia tanago" (Tanaka, 1909)

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