Biology:Malayochela
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Malayochela is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae, the danios or danionins. The only species in the genus is Malayochela maassi, a fish found in Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Kalimantan
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of German anthropologist Alfred Maass (1889–1936), who led an expedition to Sumatra, during which the holotype specimen was collected.[1]
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Malayochela maassi" in FishBase. August 2011 version.
- ↑ "Family DANIONIDAE: Bleeker 1863 (Danios)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/danionidae/.
Wikidata ☰ Q6413080 entry
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