Gnathopogon caerulescens
Appearance
Gnathopogon caerulescens | |
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Male (top) and female (bottom) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Gobioninae |
Genus: | Gnathopogon |
Species: | G. caerulescens
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Binomial name | |
Gnathopogon caerulescens (Sauvage, 1883)
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Gnathopogon caerulescens is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Gnathopogon endemic to Lake Biwa in Japan.[1] It is sometimes known by its Japanese name 'Honmoroko' (ホンモロコ).
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References[edit]
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Gnathopogon caerulescens" in FishBase. April 2006 version.