Acheilognathus deignani
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Suborder: | Cyprinoidei |
| Family: | Acheilognathidae |
| Genus: | Acheilognathus |
| Species: | A. deignani
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| Binomial name | |
| Acheilognathus deignani (H. M. Smith, 1945)[2]
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Acheilognathus deignani is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Acheilognathus, a bitterling. It is endemic to northern Vietnam and Mekong River basin. It grows to a maximum length of 5.2 cm.
Named in honor of Herbert Girton Deignan (1906-1968), Associate Curator of Birds, U.S. National Museum, who collected the type specimen.[3]
References
- ^ Kottelat, M. (2011). "Acheilognathus deignani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T181028A7659328. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T181028A7659328.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Acheilognathus deignani". FishBase.
- ^ 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.