View source for Altigena

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Altigena
| authority = Burton, 1934
| type_species =
| type_species_authority =
}}
'''''Altigena''''' is a genus of [[cyprinid]] freshwater fish found in the continental part of [[South East Asia]]. This genus was resurrected from ''[[Bangana]]'' by [[Maurice Kottelat]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.kiz.cas.cn/Research/rp/202104/t20210422_267400.html |publisher=Kunming Institute of Zoology |title=Scientists renew taxonomic revision of ''Altigena lippa'' and recover the validity of ''A. laticeps'' |date=22 April 2021|author=LIN Feng |author2=WANG Zhibang|name-list-style=and|editor=YANG Yingrun}}</ref>
The generic name was originally intended as a subgenus of ''[[Osteochilus]]'' by a Chinese author Lin, and describes the distinguishing feature, alluding to {{lang|la|altus}}, "high" and {{lang|el|γένυς}} (génys), "chin". As Lin did not designate a [[type species]], authorship was granted to Burton, the editor of the Zoological Record.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = https://etyfish.org/labeoninae/ | title = Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE Bleeker 1859 (Labeos) | access-date = 29 July 2024 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 19 July 2024}}</ref>
==Species==
According to [[FishBase]], there are currently nine recognized species in this genus.<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Altigena| month = July | year = 2024}}</ref>
{{linked species list
|Altigena daos	|([[Nguyễn Văn Hảo|V. H. Nguyễn]], 2001)
|Altigena discognathoides	|(Nichols & Pope, 1927)
|Altigena elegans	|(Kottelat, 1998)
|Altigena laticeps	|(Wu & Lin, 1977)
|Altigena lippa	|(Fowler, 1936)
|Altigena loos	|([[Nguyễn Văn Hảo|V. H. Nguyễn]], 2001)
|Altigena malihkaia	|Zheng, Qin & Chen, 2018<ref>{{CiteQ|Q57493579}}</ref>
|Altigena sinkleri	|(Fowler, 1934)
|Altigena tonkinensis	|(Pellegrin & Chevey, 1934)
|Altigena wui	|(Zheng & Chen, 1983)
|Altigena yunnanensis	|(Wu & Lin, 1977)
|Altigena zhui	|(Zheng & Chen, 1989)}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q123471497}}
[[Category:Cyprinidae genera]]
[[Category:Cyprinid fish of Asia]]
[[Category:Altigena]]
{{Labeoninae-stub}}