Bangana
Bangana is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It is distributed across much of southern and eastern Asia. Species live mainly in the flowing waters of tropical and subtropical rivers.
Taxonomy
Bangana includes many species formerly classified in the genus Sinilabeo. A number of species often placed in Bangana have again been moved to other genera, notably Altigena, Gymnostomus, Incisilabeo, Speolabeo and Decorus, but to what extent these changes are recognized varies.Species
Bangana contains the following valid species:- Bangana almorae
- Bangana brevirostris Kai [Liu (ichthyologist)|K. Liu] & W. Zhou, 2009
- Bangana dero
- Bangana devdevi
- Bangana diplostoma
- Bangana gedrosicus
- Bangana nukta
Phylogeny
The following maximum likelihood [phylogenetic tree] is based on a dataset of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA, from Yang et [al.] 2012, with updated binomial names:"Bangana" tonkinensis and "B." lemassoni were recovered in a more derived position than Bangana sensu stricto, the two were recovered within the same clade as Discogobio and Pseudocrossocheilus, so they were subsequently reassigned to new genera.