Metzia longinasus
Metzia longinasus Gan, Lan & Zhang, 2009


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Family:  Xenocyprididae (East Asian minnows)
Max. size:  12.85 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  pelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: China. Known exclusively from the Hongshui-He River of the Pearl River drainage at Du’an County, Guangxi Province, South China (Ref. 80361).
Diagnosis:  Anal soft rays: 13-14; Vertebrae: 40-41. A species of Metzia with a superior mouth, 43 or 44 lateral-line scales, a long snout (length 31.7–37.0% of HL); a long head (length 27.2–30.8% of SL), 10 or 11 branched anal-fin rays, and absence of a longitudinal black band extending along each side of body from extremity of gill opening to caudal-fin base.
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 22 August 2023 (B1a+2a) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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