Tanakia

Tanakia is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of seven species that occur in Eastern Asia. The type species is the Tanakia limbata.

Genus is named for Shigeho Tanaka (1878-1974), “accomplished” ichthyologist of the Imperial University of Tokyo, who described Tanakia shimazui in 1908 and Pseudorhodeus tanago in 1909.

Species
There are currently 7 species of this genus:
 * Tanakia koreensis (I. S. Kim & C. H. Kim, 1990)
 * Tanakia lanceolata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
 * Tanakia latimarginata (Kim, Jeon & Suk, 2014)
 * Tanakia limbata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Oily bitterling)
 * Tanakia shimazui (S. Tanaka (I), 1908)
 * Tanakia signifer (L. S. Berg, 1907) (Korean bitterling)
 * Tanakia somjinensis (I. S. Kim & C. H. Kim, 1991)