Candidia
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Candidia is a genus of cyprinid
fish endemic to Taiwan
. There are currently two recognized species in this genus.
Cyprinid
The family Cyprinidae, from the Ancient Greek kyprînos , consists of the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives . Commonly called the carp family or the minnow family, its members are also known as cyprinids...
fish endemic to Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
. There are currently two recognized species in this genus.
Species
- Candidia barbata (Regan, 1908)
- Candidia pingtungensis I. S. Chen, J. H. Wu & C. H. Hsu, 2008