Acanthogobio
| Acanthogobio | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobioninae |
| Genus: | Acanthogobio Herzenstein, 1892 |
| Species: | A. guentheri
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| Binomial name | |
| Acanthogobio guentheri Herzenstein, 1892
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Acanthogobio guentheri is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to China. It is found only in the Yellow and Sinin Rivers and is the only recognized species in its genus. It can reach a length of up to 20 cm.[1]
It is named in honor of the German-born British ichthyologist and herpetologist Albert Günther (1830–1914).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Acanthogobio guentheri summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families ACHEILOGNATHIDAE, GOBIONIDAE and TANICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
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