Gnathopogon nicholsi

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Gnathopogon nicholsi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Suborder: Cyprinoidei
Family: Gobionidae
Genus: Gnathopogon
Species:
G. nicholsi
Binomial name
Gnathopogon nicholsi
(P.-W. Fang, 1943)
Synonyms
  • Gobio nicholsiP.-W. Fang, 1943

Gnathopogon nicholsi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Gnathopogon endemic to the Yangtze River basin in China. [2]

Named in honor of John Treadwell Nichols (1883-1958), curator of fishes at the American Museum of Natural History. [3]

References

  1. Devi, R.; Boguskaya, N. (2009). "Gnathopogon nicholsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009: e.T169596A6650570. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169596A6650570.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gnathopogon nicholsi". FishBase .
  3. Christopher Scharpf (24 January 2025). "Family GOBIONIDAE Bleeker 1863 (Freshwater Gudgeons)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 22 February 2025.