Adrianichthys

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Andrianichthys kruyti 2.jpg

| image_caption = Andrianichthys kruyti

| parent_authority = Weber, 1913{{cite journal | author1 = Richard van der Laan | author2 = William N. Eschmeyer | author3 = Ronald Fricke | name-list-style = amp |year=2014 | title = Family-group names of Recent fishes | url = https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480 | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 3882 | issue =2 | pages = 001–230}}

| taxon = Adrianichthys

| authority = Weber, 1913

| type_species = Adrianichthys kruyti

| type_species_authority = Weber, 1913{{Cof record|spid=8863|title=Adrianichthys|access-date=24 July 2019}}

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Adrianichthys is a genus of ricefishes. The genus is endemic to Lake Poso in Sulawesi, Indonesia. All four species are considered seriously threatened and two of these, A. kruyti and A. roseni, have not been recorded for decades, leading to fears that they already are extinct.Parenti, L.R. (2011). [https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/18561 Endemism and Conservation of the Native Freshwater Fish Fauna of Sulawesi, Indonesia]. Prosiding Seminar Nasional Ikan IV: 1-10. Adrianichthys are larger than the Oryzias ricefish, reaching lengths of {{convert|8.5|-|17.1|cm|in|abbr=on}} depending on the exact species involved.{{FishBase genus | genus = Adrianichthys| month = February | year = 2017}} The name of this genus is a compound ending in the Greek ichthys for "fish" with the first part honouring the linguist and missionary Nicolaus Adriani (1865-1926), who collected specimens around Lake Poso.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/beloniformes/ | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 15 June 2019 | title= Order BELONIFORMES (Needlefishes) | accessdate = 24 July 2019 | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara}}