Jinshaia is a genus of hillstream loaches endemic to China.
| Jinshaia | |
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| Jinshaia sinensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Balitoridae |
| Genus: | Jinshaia Kottelat & X. L. Chu, 1988 |
| Type species | |
| Psilorhynchus sinensis Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874
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Species edit
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Jinshaia abbreviata (Günther, 1892)
- Jinshaia niulanjiangensis W. X. Li, W. N. Mao & Zong-Min Lu, 1998 (species inquirenda in this genus)
- Jinshaia sinensis (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)
References edit
- ^ Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.