Paratanakia chii

Paratanakia chii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Acheilognathidae
Genus:	Paratanakia
Species:	P. chii
Binomial name
	Paratanakia chii; (C. P. Miao, 1934)
Synonyms
	Acheilognathus chii C. P. Miao, 1934 ; Tanakia himantegus chii (C. P. Miao, 1934) ;

Last updated August 06, 2025

Paratanakia chii is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acheilognathidae, the bitterlings. This fish is found in China and Taiwan.

Etymology

Named in honor of Chen-Ju Ch'i, Director of Bureau of Education of Honan [now Henan] Province, China, for his "kind support" of the author's study of Kiangsu fishes.^[2]

References

↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Paratanakia". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 19 February 2025.
↑ 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.

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[Cof_genus-1] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Paratanakia". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 19 February 2025.

[ETYFish-2] 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.

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