Acanthogobio

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Acanthogobio
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Suborder: Cyprinoidei
Family: Gobionidae
Genus: Acanthogobio
Herzenstein, 1892 [1]
Species:
A. guentheri
Binomial name
Acanthogobio guentheri
Herzenstein, 1892 [2]

Acanthogobio is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae, the gudgeons. [1] The only species in the genus is Acanthogobio guentheri which is a fish that is endemic to China. It is found only in the Yellow and Sinin Rivers. It can reach a length of up to 20 cm. [3]

It is named in honor of the German-born British ichthyologist and herpetologist Albert Günther (1830–1914). [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Gobionidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  2. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Acanthogobio". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Acanthogobio guentheri". FishBase . October 2024 version.
  4. ↑ Christopher Scharpf (24 January 2025). "Family GOBIONIDAE Bleeker 1863 (Freshwater Gudgeons)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 21 February 2025.


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