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Taitung river loach
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Balitoridae
Genus:	Hemimyzon
Species:	H. taitungensis
Binomial name
Hemimyzon taitungensis C. S. Tzeng & S. C. Shen, 1982

Hemimyzon taitungensis (common name: Taitung river loach, in Chinese 臺東間爬岩鰍, 台東間吸鰍, or 石貼仔) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Balitoridae that is endemic to Taiwan. It is a small (length 12 cm (4.7 in)) freshwater fish currently known only from running waters of the Central Mountain Range of Taiwan at high and middle elevations. In contrast to H. formosanus, it appears to be a well-defined species with no signs of strong genetic structuring suggestive of cryptic species.

See also

• List of protected species in Taiwan
• List of endemic species of Taiwan

References

1. Kottelat, M. (1996). "Hemimyzon taitungensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T9890A13025401. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9890A13025401.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hemimyzon taitungensis". FishBase. October 2015 version.
3. ^ K. T. Shao. "Hemimyzon taitungensis". The Fish Database of Taiwan. WWW Web electronic publication, version 2009/1. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
4. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke, eds. (4 January 2016). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
5. Wang, T. Y.; T. Y. Liao; C. S. Tzeng (2007). "Phylogeography of the Taiwanese endemic hillstream loaches, Hemimyzon formosanus and H. taitungensis (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae)" (PDF). Zoological Studies. 46: 547–560.

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