Ricefish

Ricefish
Oryzias woworae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Suborder: Adrianichthyoidei
Family: Adrianichthyidae
M. C. W. Weber, 1913
Subfamilies & genera

Subfamily Adrianichthyinae Weber, 1913

Subfamily Oryziinae Myers, 1938

The ricefishes are a family (Adrianichthyidae) of small ray-finned fish that are found in fresh and brackish waters from India to Japan and out into the Malay Archipelago, most notably Sulawesi (where the Lake Poso and Lore Lindu species are known as buntingi).[1] The common name ricefish derives from the fact that some species are found in rice paddies.[2] This family consists of about 37 species in two genera (some recognize a third, Xenopoecilus). Several species are rare and threatened, and some 2–4 may already be extinct.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b Parenti, L.R. (2008). "A phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision of ricefishes, Oryzias and relatives (Beloniformes, Adrianichthyidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 154 (3): 494–610. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00417.x.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference EoF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Ricefish - Fish Reference Library - redOrbit". www.redorbit.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02.