Paracanthobrama

Paracanthobrama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Suborder: Cyprinoidei
Family: Gobionidae
Genus:
Bleeker, 1864[1]
Species:
P. guichenoti
Binomial name
Paracanthobrama guichenoti
Bleeker, 1864[1]
Synonyms[1][2]

Genus

Species

  • Hemibarbus guichenoti (Bleeker, 1864)
  • Hemibarbus dissimilis Bleeker, 1871
  • Barbus nigriparipinnis Fowler, 1930
  • Hemibarbus soochowensis T.-H. Shaw, 1930
  • Paracanthobrama pingi H.-W. Wu, 1930

Paracanthobrama is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae. the gudgeons.[1] The only species in the genus is Paracanthobrama guichenoti,[2] a species which is endemic to China.[3]

Named in honor of Antoine Alphone Guichenot (1809-1876), assistant naturalist at Musée du Jardin des Plantes a Paris.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Gobionidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  2. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Paracanthobrama". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paracanthobrama guichenoti year-2025". FishBase.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf (24 January 2025). "Family GOBIONIDAE Bleeker 1863 (Freshwater Gudgeons)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
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