Metzia is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in eastern Asia. The genus is named in honor of the American ichthyologist Charles William Metz of Stanford University.[1]

Metzia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Xenocyprinae
Genus: Metzia
D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914
Type species
Acheilognathus mesembrinum
Jordan & Evermann, 1902
Synonyms

Rasborinus Oshima, 1920

Species

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There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:

References

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  1. ^ "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily XENOCYPRIDINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  2. ^ Shibukawa, K., Phousavanh, P., Phongsa, K. & Iwata, A. (2012): A new species of Metzia (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Northern Laos. Zootaxa, 3586: 264–271.
  3. ^ Luo, W.; Sullivan, J.P.; Zhao, H.-T.; Peng, Z.-G. (2015). "Metzia parva, a new cyprinid species (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from south China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3962 (1): 226–234. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.14. PMID 26249388.