''Atrilinea'' is a genus of freshwater
ray-finned fishes
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class (biology), class of Osteichthyes, bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built ...
belonging to the
family
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Xenocyprididae
Xenocyprididae, is a family of freshwater ray-finned fishes commonly called the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies with a natural distribution in Asia. This taxon, sometimes spelt Xenocypridae, was previously regarded to be a subfamily, Xenocypri ...
.
This is a small genus with three valid species, all of which are endemic to China.
Species
''Atrilinea'' contains the following species:
* ''
Atrilinea macrolepis''
S. L. Song & S. M. Fang, 1987
* ''
Atrilinea macrops''
( S. Y. Lin, 1931)
* ''
Atrilinea roulei''
( H. W. Wu, 1931) (Black-stripe minnow)
References
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Xenocyprididae
Cyprinid fish of Asia
Freshwater fish of China
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