Hemimyzon formosanus is a species of hillstream loach (a ray-finned fish) in the genus Hemimyzon. It is endemic to western portion of Central Mountain Range of Taiwan.[1] Its maximum length is 10 cm (3.9 in).[2] Variations in nucleotide sequences within the mitochondrial control region show strong geographic structuring suggestive of a cryptic species complex.[3]
| Hemimyzon formosanus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Balitoridae |
| Genus: | Hemimyzon |
| Species: | H. formosanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemimyzon formosanus (Boulenger, 1894)
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Sources
edit- ^ Shao, Kwang-Tsao. "Hemimyzon formosanus". The Fish Database of Taiwan. WWW Web electronic publication. Version 2009/1. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hemimyzon formosanus". FishBase. November 2012 version.
- ^ Wang, T. Y.; T. Y. Liao; C. S. Tzeng (2007). "Phylogeography of the Taiwanese endemic hillstream loaches, Hemimyzon formosanus and H. taitungensis (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae)". Zoological Studies. 46: 547–560.