Biwia
Encyclopedia
Biwia is a small genus of cyprinid
fishes containing three species, all of which are endemic to Japan
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Cyprinid
The family Cyprinidae, from the Ancient Greek kyprînos , consists of the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives . Commonly called the carp family or the minnow family, its members are also known as cyprinids...
fishes containing three species, all of which are endemic to Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Species
- Biwia tama Ōshima, 1957
- Biwia yodoensis Kawase & Hosoye, 2010
- Biwia zezera (IshikawaChiyomatsu Ishikawawas a Japanese biologist, zoologist, evolutionary theorist, and ichthyologist at the Naples Zoological Station starting 1887. He was responsible for disseminating Darwin's ideas on evolution in Japan. After graduating from the University of Tokyo, he studied in Germany under eminent evolutionary...
, 1895)