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Misgurnus tonkinensis Rendahl, 1937

Source-backed taxonomic record

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.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Misgurnus tonkinensis Rendahl, 1937
Name authority
Rendahl, 1937
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cobitidae
Genus
Misgurnus
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderCypriniformes
  11. familyCobitidae Swainson, 1838
  12. subfamilyCobitinae Swainson, 1838
  13. genusMisgurnus Lacepède, 1803
  14. speciesMisgurnus tonkinensis Rendahl, 1937

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Misgurnus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
mud loachMisgurnus fossilis (Linnaeus, 1758)CobitidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Misgurnus mohoity (Dybowski, 1869)CobitidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Misgurnus amamianus Nakajima & Hashiguchi, 2022CobitidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Misgurnus chipisaniensis Shedko & Vasil'eva, 2022CobitidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
pond loachMisgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842)CobitidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Misgurnus buphoensis Kim & Park, 1995CobitidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Misgurnus mizolepis Günther, 1888CobitidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Misgurnus multimaculatus Rendahl, 1944CobitidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Misgurnus nikolskyi Vasil'eva, 2001CobitidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 168 records assigned to Cobitidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Misgurnus mizolepis tonkinensis Rendahl, 1937 Rendahl, 1937synonym

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.

  1. Rendahl, H. (1937). Über einen Misgurnus aus Tonkin. Arkiv För Zoologi, v. 29 (pt. 3) A (art. 12): 1–4. 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:43NKP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.