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Plesiomyzon baotingensis Zheng & Chen, 1980

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
Plesiomyzon baotingensis Zheng & Chen, 1980
Name authority
Zheng & Chen, 1980
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Balitoridae
Genus
Plesiomyzon
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. familyBalitoridae Swainson, 1839
  12. genusPlesiomyzon Zheng & Chen, 1980
  13. speciesPlesiomyzon baotingensis Zheng & Chen, 1980

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 208 records assigned to Balitoridae.

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. Zheng, C.-Y.; Chen, Y. Y. (1980). The homalopterid fishes from Guangdong Province, China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 5 (1): 89–101. [In Chinese, English summary.]. 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:4K9R6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.