''Rhinogobio'' is a genus of freshwater
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...
belonging to the
family
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Gobionidae
Gobioninae is a monophyletic family of Eurasian cyprinoid fishes. This is a species rich clade which, as a subfamily of the Cyprinidae was divided into five tribes: Gobionini, Pseudogobionini, Hemibarbini, Coreiini, and Sarcocheilichthyini. T ...
, the gudgeons.
The fishies in this genus are
endemic
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to
China
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.
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Rhinogobio cylindricus''
Günther, 1888
* ''
Rhinogobio hunanensis''
J. H. Tang, 1980
* ''
Rhinogobio nasutus''
( Kessler, 1876)
* ''
Rhinogobio typus''
Bleeker, 1871
* ''
Rhinogobio ventralis''
Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874
References
Gobionidae
Freshwater fish of China
Endemic fauna of China
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
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