Cherskii's thicklip gudgeon

Cherskii's thicklip gudgeon (Sarcocheilichthys czerskii) is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Amur River basin.[1]

Cherskii's thicklip gudgeon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Gobioninae
Genus: Sarcocheilichthys
Species:
S. czerskii
Binomial name
Sarcocheilichthys czerskii
(Berg, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Chilogobio czerskii
  • Sarcocheilichthys nigripinnis czerskii

Named in honor of ornithologist Alexander Ivanovich Czerski (1879–1921), son of Jan Czerski (1845–1892), celebrated Polish geologist, naturalist and explorer), who collected the type specimen.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sarcocheilichthys czerskii". FishBase. November 2016 version.
  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.