Biology:Squalidus banarescui

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Squalidus banarescui
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Gobioninae
Genus: Squalidus
Species:
S. banarescui
Binomial name
Squalidus banarescui
I. S. Chen & Y. C. Chang, 2007

Squalidus banarescui is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Dadu River in Taiwan.[1]

Named in honor of Petru Bănărescu (1921-2009), Institute of Biology, Bucharest, for his “great” contributions to Taiwanese cyprinid taxonomy, especially the subfamily Gobioninae, between 1960 and 1973.[2]


References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Squalidus banarescui" in FishBase. November 2016 version.
  2. "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 ☰ Q3763302 entry