Linichthys

{{Short description|Monotypic genusof fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = Linichthy laticeps.jpg | taxon = Linichthys laticeps | display_parents = 3 | parent_authority = E. Zhang & F. Fang, 2005 | authority = (R. D. Lin & C. G. Zhang, 1986) | synonyms = ''Barbodes laticeps'' <small>Lin & Zhang, 1986</small> }} '''''Linichthys''''' is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish be;onging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes. The only species in the genus is '''''Linichthys lateiceps''''', a species found only in the upper and middle Pearl River basin and the upper Yangtze basin in the city of Guiyang in Guizhou Province in Southern China This species reaches a length of {{convert|11.0|cm|in|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{FishBase |genus= Linichthys|species= laticeps| month = February | year = 2015}}</ref>

==Etymology== The genus is named after Lin Ren-Duan. A Chinese ichthyologist.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/cypriniformes7/ | title = Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE | access-date = 29 April 2022 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018 | archive-date = 6 May 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210506050604/http://etyfish.org/cypriniformes7/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} *Zhang, E. and F. Fang, 2005. Linichthys: a new genus of Chinese cyprinid fishes (Teleostei: Cypriniformes). Copeia 2005(1):61-67.

Category:Cyprinid fish of Asia Category:Freshwater fish of China Category:Taxa named by Lin Ren-Duan Category:Taxa named by Zhang Chun-Guang Category:Fish described in 1986