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

These are the currently recognised species in 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 (Tanaka, 1908)

• Tanakia signifer (Berg, 1907) (Korean bitterling)

• Tanakia somjinensis (Kim & Kim, 1991)

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