Tanakia Explained

Tanakia is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of seven species that occur in Eastern Asia. The type species is the Tanakia limbata.

Genus is named for Shigeho Tanaka (1878-1974), “accomplished” ichthyologist of the Imperial University of Tokyo, who described Tanakia shimazui in 1908 and Pseudorhodeus tanago in 1909.^[1]

Species

There are currently 7 species of this genus:

• Tanakia koreensis (I. S. Kim & C. H. Kim, 1990)
• Tanakia lanceolata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
• Tanakia latimarginata (Kim, Jeon & Suk, 2014) ^[2]
• Tanakia limbata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Oily bitterling)
• Tanakia shimazui (S. Tanaka (I), 1908)
• Tanakia signifer (L. S. Berg, 1907) (Korean bitterling)
• Tanakia somjinensis (I. S. Kim & C. H. Kim, 1991)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Family ACHEILOGNATHIDAE Bleeker 1863 (Bitterlings) . 25 March 2024 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 9 February 2024.
2. Kim . D. . Jeon . H.B. . Suk . H.Y. . 2014 . Tanakia latimarginata, a new species of bitterling from the Nakdong River, South Korea (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) . Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters . 25 . 1 . 59–68 . PDF.