Biology:Acheilognathus deignani

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Acheilognathus deignani
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Acheilognathinae
Genus: Acheilognathus
Species:
A. deignani
Binomial name
Acheilognathus deignani
(H. M. Smith, 1945)[2]
Synonyms
  • Acanthorhodeus deignani Smith, 1945

Acheilognathus deignani is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Acheilognathus. It is endemic to northern Vietnam in the Mekong River. It grows to a maximum length of 5.2 cm.

Named in honor of Herbert Girton Deignan (1906-1968), Associate Curator of Birds, U.S. National Museum, who collected the type specimen.[3]

References

  1. Kottelat, M. (2011). "Acheilognathus deignani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T181028A7659328. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T181028A7659328.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/181028/7659328. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Acheilognathus deignani" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  3. "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families ACHEILOGNATHIDAE, GOBIONIDAE and TANICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cypriniformes14/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2153333 entry