Iksookimia
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Iksookimia is a genus of loach
found mostly in the Korean Peninsula
. There are currently five described species.
Loach
Loach may refer to:* Loaches, fish families in the Cypriniformes:** Cobitidae, the "true" loaches – formerly all loaches were united in this family** Balitoridae, the hillstream loaches – the largest family, closely related to Cobitidae...
found mostly in the Korean Peninsula
Korean Peninsula
The Korean Peninsula is a peninsula in East Asia. It extends southwards for about 684 miles from continental Asia into the Pacific Ocean and is surrounded by the Sea of Japan to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the west, the Korea Strait connecting the first two bodies of water.Until the end of...
. There are currently five described species.
Species
- Iksookimia hugowolfeldi Nalbant, 1993
- Iksookimia koreensis (I. S. Kim, 1975)
- Iksookimia longicorpa (I. S. Kim, K. C. Choi & Nalbant, 1976)
- Iksookimia pumila (I. S. Kim & Y. J. Lee, 1987) (Puan spine loach)
- Iksookimia yongdokensis I. S. Kim & J. Y. Park, 1997