Oryzias

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Translingual

a school of Oryzias latipes (Japanese ricefish)

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin oryza (“rice”) +‎ -ias

Proper noun

Oryzias m

A taxonomic genus within the family Adrianichthyidae – the ricefishes, small fish found in rice paddies.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Beloniformes - order; Adrianichthyoidei - suborder; Adrianichthyidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Oryzias latipes - type species; for other species see link to Fishbase below.

Further reading

Oryzias on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Oryzias on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Oryzias on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Oryzias at World Register of Marine Species
Oryzias at Fishbase
Oryzias at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Oryzias at National Center for Biotechnology Information

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