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Gnathopogon nicholsi

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Gnathopogon nicholsi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Gobioninae
Genus: Gnathopogon
Species:
G. nicholsi
Binomial name
Gnathopogon nicholsi
(P. 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

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  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 & 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 5 March 2021.