Biology:Gobiobotia cheni

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Short description: Species of freshwater fish from Taiwan

Gobiobotia cheni
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Gobioninae
Genus: Gobiobotia
Species:
G. cheni
Binomial name
Gobiobotia cheni
Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1966

Gobiobotia cheni is a species of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to Taiwan.

Named in honor of vertebrate zoologist Jianshen (“Johnson”) T. F. Chen (1898-1988), Director, National Taiwan Museum (Taipei), who provided type specimens.[1]


References

  1. "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 ☰ Q5885147 entry