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 | |
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| Andrianichthys kruyti | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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]
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Species
editThere are currently four recognized species in this genus:[4]
- Adrianichthys kruyti M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (Duckbilled buntingi)
- Adrianichthys oophorus (Kottelat, 1990) (Eggcarrying buntingi)
- Adrianichthys poptae (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1922) (Popta's buntingi)
- Adrianichthys roseni Parenti & Soeroto, 2004
References
edit- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Adrianichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ Parenti, L.R. (2011). Endemism and Conservation of the Native Freshwater Fish Fauna of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Prosiding Seminar Nasional Ikan IV: 1-10.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Adrianichthys". FishBase. February 2017 version.
- ^ 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.
