Chinese lizard gudgeon

Chinese lizard gudgeon
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Suborder:	Cyprinoidei
Family:	Gobionidae
Genus:	Saurogobio
Species:	S. dabryi
Binomial name
Saurogobio dabryi Bleeker, 1871
Synonyms [2]
Gobiosoma amurensis Dybowski, 1872 Pseudogobio productus Peters, 1881 Longurio athymius D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1905 Pseudogobio drakei Abbot, 1901 Saurogobio longirostris H.-W. Wu & K.-F. Wang, 1931: Saurogobio dabryi chenghaiensis Y.-G. Dai & J.-X. Yang, 2002

The Chinese lizard gudgeon (Saurogobio dabryi) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae, the gudgeons. ^[2] found in the Amur basin to the Pearl River in China, Mongolia and the Korean peninsula. It is also found in Vietnam. ^[3]

Etymology

Named in honor of Pierre Dabry de Thiersant (1826-1898), fish culturist, French counsel to China, and student of Chinese fishes, who sent specimens to the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle de Paris. ^[4]

References

1. Bogutskaya, N. (2022). "Saurogobio dabryi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T166932A1153887. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T166932A1153887.en . Retrieved 3 March 2025.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Saurogobio". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 3 March 2025.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Saurogobio dabryi". FishBase . November 2016 version.
4. Christopher Scharpf (24 January 2025). "Family GOBIONIDAE Bleeker 1863 (Freshwater Gudgeons)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 3 March 2025.