Altigena is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish found in the continental part of South East Asia. This genus was resurrected from Bangana by Maurice Kottelat in 2017.[1]

Altigena
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Altigena
Burton, 1934

The generic name was originally intended as a subgenus of Osteochilus by a Chinese author Lin, and describes the distinguishing feature, alluding to altus, "high" and γένυς (génys), "chin". As Lin did not designate a type species, authorship was granted to Burton, the editor of the Zoological Record.[2]

Species

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According to FishBase, there are currently nine recognized species in this genus.[3]

References

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  1. ^ LIN Feng and WANG Zhibang (22 April 2021). YANG Yingrun (ed.). "Scientists renew taxonomic revision of Altigena lippa and recover the validity of A. laticeps". Kunming Institute of Zoology.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (19 July 2024). "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE Bleeker 1859 (Labeos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Altigena". FishBase. July 2024 version.
  4. ^ Lan-Ping Zheng; Tao Qin; Xiao-Yong Chen (13 September 2018). "Altigena malihkaia, a new species of Labeonini (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Irrawaddy River basin in Myanmar". Zootaxa. 4476 (1): 87–93. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4476.1.8. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30313343. Wikidata Q57493579.