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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Ostariophysi
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Subordo: Cyprinoidea
Familia: Cyprinidae
Genus: Aaptosyax
Species: A. grypus

Name

Aaptosyax (Rainboth, 1991)

Type locality: Mekong River at Khong Chiam District, Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand.

Holotype: CAS 76031 (not received by 1996)

Paratypes: UMMZ 209086 (5), 214881-85 (1, 2, 1, 2, 1).

References

* W. J. Rainboth, 1991: Aaptosyax grypus, a new genus and species of large piscivorous cyprinids from the middle Mekong River. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 38 (no. 3): 231-237.
* W. N. Eschmeyer: Catalog of Fishes electronic version (19 February 2010). [1]

* Aaptosyax (Rainboth, 1991) Report on ITIS
* IUCN link: Aaptosyax threatened species
* NCBI link: Aaptosyax
* Aaptosyax in World Register of Marine Species


Vernacular names
English: Aaptosyax

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