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Rectoris longifinus

Rectoris longifinus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs. minnows and related fishes. This species is endemic to Yunnan in China. This species was first formally described) in 2002 from Zhoxi in Shilin County and said to be similar to R. posehensis, however, other authors consider that this species is unlikely to be a member of the genus Rectoris and that it is generic placement awaits further study.

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Rectoris longifinus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Rectoris
Species:
R. longifinus
Binomial name
Rectoris longifinus
W. X. Li, W. N. Mao & Zong-Min Lu, 2002

Rectoris longifinus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs. minnows and related fishes. This species is endemic to Yunnan in China.1 This species was first formally described) in 2002 from Zhoxi in Shilin County and said to be similar to R. posehensis,2 however, other authors consider that this species is unlikely to be a member of the genus Rectoris and that it is generic placement awaits further study.3

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  1. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Rectoris". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  2. W. X. Li; W. N. Mao & Z. M. Lu (2002). "Two new species of Cyprinidae from Yunnan". Journal of Yunnan University. 24 (5): 385–387.
  3. Ding-gui Zhu; E Zhang & Jia-Hua Lan (2012). "Rectoris longibarbus, a new styglophic labeonine species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from South China, with a note on the taxonomy of R. mutabilis (Lin 1933)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3586: 55–68.