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Genus of fishes

Ischikauia
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Suborder: Cyprinoidei
Family: Xenocyprididae
Genus: Ischikauia
D. S. Jordan and Snyder, 1900
Species: I. steenackeri
Binomial name
Ischikauia steenackeri
(Sauvage, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Opsariichthys steenackeri Sauvage, 1883

Ischikauia is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. The only species in the genus is Ischikauia steenackeri, the wataka, which is endemic to Lake Biwa in Japan. This species was originally described as Opsariichthys steenackeri.

References

  1. Kanao, S.; Hasegawa, K. & Mukai, T. (2019). "Ischikauia steenackeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T114826015A114826025. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T114826015A114826025.en. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Xenocyprididae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Ischikauia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

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Taxon identifiers
Ischikauia
Ischikauia steenackeri
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