Cyprinidae

Vietnamese Cardinal Minnow

Tanichthys micagemmae

Two Point Three Centimeters Carp from Asian Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Southeast Asia
• Elongated
• Small
• Tropical fish

Tanichthys micagemmae, commonly known as the Vietnamese cardinal minnow (especially in England, in the aquarium trade), is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the cypriniform family Tanichthyidae. It was discovered and described in 2001, in a tributary of the Bến Hải River in Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam. Its range includes what was the demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam, which was subject to intense bombing during the Vietnam War.