Oryzias
Translingual
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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 Encyclopedia of Life
- Oryzias at National Center for Biotechnology Information