Acheilognathus deignani

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Acheilognathus deignani
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Suborder: Cyprinoidei
Family: Acheilognathidae
Genus: Acheilognathus
Species:
A. deignani
Binomial name
Acheilognathus deignani
(H. M. Smith, 1945) [2]
Synonyms
  • Acanthorhodeus deignaniSmith, 1945

Acheilognathus deignani is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Acheilognathus , a bitterling. It is endemic to northern Vietnam in the Mekong River. 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

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Acheilognathus deignani". FishBase .
  3. 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.