Gobiobotia cheni

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Gobiobotia cheni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Suborder: Cyprinoidei
Family: Gobionidae
Genus: Gobiobotia
Species:
G. cheni
Binomial name
Gobiobotia cheni

Gobiobotia cheni is a species of small freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae, the gudgeons. [1] It is endemic to Taiwan. [2]

Named in honor of vertebrate zoologist Jianshen ("Johnson") T. F. Chen (1898–1988), Director, National Taiwan Museum (Taipei), who provided type specimens. [3]


References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Gobiobotia". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gobiobotia chenis". FishBase . October 2024 version.
  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.