| Chinese lizard gudgeon | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobioninae |
| Genus: | Saurogobio |
| Species: | S. dabryi |
| Binomial name | |
| Saurogobio dabryi Bleeker, 1871 | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Chinese lizard gudgeon (Saurogobio dabryi) is a species of cyprinid fish found in the Amur basin to the Pearl River in China, Mongolia and the Korean peninsula. It is also found in Vietnam. [1]
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. [2]
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