Metzia parva Luo, Sullivan, Zhao & Peng, 2015
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Metzia parva is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. This species is known only from the Cheng-jiang River, a tributary of Hongshui He River in the Pearl River basin in Guangxi.
Wikipedia contributors, Metzia parva; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:11:26.398917+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Metzia parva Luo, Sullivan, Zhao & Peng, 2015
- Name authority
- Luo, Sullivan, Zhao & Peng, 2015
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Metzia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyXenocypridinae Günther, 1868
- genusMetzia Jordan & Thompson, 1914
- speciesMetzia parva Luo, Sullivan, Zhao & Peng, 2015
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Metzia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Metzia alba (Nguyen, 1991) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Metzia bounthobi Shibukawa, Phousavanh, Phongsa & Iwata, 2012 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Metzia longinasus Gan, Lan & Zhang, 2009 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Metzia hautus (Nguyen, 1991) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Metzia lineata (Pellegrin, 1907) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Metzia mesembrinum (Jordan & Evermann, 1902) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Luo, W.; Sullivan, J. P.; Zhao, H.-T.; Peng, Z.-G. (2015). Metzia parva, a new cyprinid species (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from south China. Zootaxa, 3962. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.14 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:42KGK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.