Oryzias latipes
0. latipes (male). Photo by K. Naruse
Original description:
- Temminck, C.J. and H. Schlegel (1846) Siebold's Fauna Japonica, p. 224, Pl. 102, Fig. 5.
- Jordan, S. and J. Snyder (1906) Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 31: 287-290.(Establishment of the genus Oryzias)
Characterization:
- A, 17-18; D, 5; V, 5; P, 10.
- Karyotype; 2n = 48, NF = 68, 70.
- Only one species of the genus Oryzias distributed in the Temperate Zone. Well studied species in the genus Oryzias. Many wild populations, mutation strains and inbred strains are maintained in several laboratories in Japan. An orange-red variety is commercially available.
(Abbr. A: anal fin ray's number, D: dorsal fin ray's number, L.l:, lateral longitudinal scale's number, L.tr.: lateral transverse scale's number, P: pectral fin ray's number, SL: standard length, V: ventral fin ray's number)
Habitation area (Distribution):
China, Korea, Formosa and Japan.
Breeder:
A. Shima and A. Shimada (Breeding place; Zool. Inst., Fac. Sci., Univ. Tokyo).
References:
- Yamamoto, T. (1975) Medaka (Killifish): Biology and Strains. Keigaku Publishing Company, Tokyo.
- Egami, N., K. Yamagami and A. Shima (eds.) (1990). Biology of the Medaka. Pressed by University of Tokyo, Tokyo. (in Japanese)