Abbottina

Abbottina
Abbottina rivularis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Gobionidae
Genus:	Abbottina D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1903
Type species
Abbottina rivularis Jordan & Fowler, 1903

Abbottina is a genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae, ^[1] the gudgeons. The fishes in this genus occur in eastern Asia (China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam). ^[2] The genus was named for the American zoologist James Fisher Abbott, student at Stanford University and later professor of English at Naval Academy Etajima and of zoology at Washington University in St. Louis. ^{[3] [4]}

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus: ^[5]

• Abbottina binhi Nguyễn, 2001 ^[2]
• Abbottina lalinensis Z.-H. Huang & Z.-P. Li, 1995
• Abbottina rivularis (Basilewsky, 1855) - Chinese false gudgeon

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Gobionidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 20 February 2025.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Abbottina". FishBase . October 2024 version.
3. Jordan, David Starr & H.W.Fowler. A review of the cyprinoid fishes of Japan. 1903. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. volume 26. page 835.
4. Jordan, David Starr Jordan. Days of a Man. 1922. volume 2. pages 37-38
5. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Abbottina". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 20 February 2025.