Oryzias curvinotus

Oryzias curvinotus or the Hainan medaka is a species of ricefish which is found in Quang Ninh Province in northern Vietnam and Hainan, Guangdong and Hong Kong in southern China.[1] It is found in both fresh and brackish water.[3] This species was described as Aplocheilus curvinotus in 1927 by J.T. Nichols and C.H. Pope with the type locality given as Nodoa, Hainan Island, China.[4]

Oryzias curvinotus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Adrianichthyidae
Genus: Oryzias
Species:
O. curvinotus
Binomial name
Oryzias curvinotus
Synonyms[2]
  • Aplocheilus curvinotus Nichols & Pope, 1927

References

  1. Parenti, L. (2012). "Oryzias curvinotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T181194A1708251. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181194A1708251.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Oryzias curvinotus" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. Hau Duc Tran & Thuy Thi Ta (2016). "Dependence of Hainan medaka, Oryzias curvinotus (Nichols & Pope, 1927), on salinity in the Tien Yen estuary of northern Vietnam". Animal Biology. 66 (1). doi:10.1163/15707563-00002486.
  4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Aplocheilus curvinotus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 July 2019.


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