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Chinese lizard gudgeon

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Chinese lizard gudgeon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Gobioninae
Genus: Saurogobio
Species:
S. dabryi
Binomial name
Saurogobio dabryi
Bleeker, 1871
Synonyms
  • Armatogobio dabryi
  • Gobiosoma amurensis
  • Longurio athymius
  • Pseudogobio amurensis
  • Pseudogobio drakei
  • Pseudogobio productus
  • Saurogobio drakei
  • Saurogobio longirostris
  • Saurogobio productus

The Chinese lizard gudgeon (Saurogobio dabryi) is a species of cyprinid fish found in the Amur basin to the Pearl River in China, Mongolia and the Korean peninsula. It is also found in Vietnam.[1]

Etymology

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Named in honor of Pierre Dabry de Thiersant (1826-1898), fish culturist, French counsel to China, and student of Chinese fishes, who sent specimens to the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle de Paris.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Saurogobio dabryi". FishBase. November 2016 version.
  2. ^ 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 5 March 2021.