Oryzias

Translingual

a school of Oryzias latipes (Japanese ricefish)

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin oryza (“rice”) +‎ -ias

Proper noun

Oryzias m

1. 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 National Center for Biotechnology Information