Adrianichthys

Adrianichthys is a genus of ricefishes. The genus is endemic to Lake Poso in Sulawesi, Indonesia. All four species are considered seriously threatened and two of these, A. kruyti and A. roseni, have not been recorded for decades, leading to fears that they already are extinct.[3] Adrianichthys are larger than the Oryzias ricefish, reaching lengths of 8.5–17.1 cm (3.3–6.7 in) depending on the exact species involved.[4] The name of this genus is a compound ending in the Greek ichthys for "fish" with the first part honouring the linguist and missionary Nicolaus Adriani (1865-1926), who collected specimens around Lake Poso.[5]

Adrianichthys
Andrianichthys kruyti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Adrianichthyidae
Subfamily: Adrianichthyinae
Weber, 1913[1]
Genus: Adrianichthys
Weber, 1913
Type species
Adrianichthys kruyti
Weber, 1913[2]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[4]

References
  1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Adrianichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  3. Parenti, L.R. (2011). Endemism and Conservation of the Native Freshwater Fish Fauna of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Prosiding Seminar Nasional Ikan IV: 1-10.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Adrianichthys in FishBase. February 2017 version.
  5. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (15 June 2019). "Order BELONIFORMES (Needlefishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 July 2019.


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