Gobiobotia cheni is a species of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to Taiwan.
Gobiobotia cheni | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Gobioninae |
Genus: | Gobiobotia |
Species: | G. cheni
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Binomial name | |
Gobiobotia cheni |
Named in honor of vertebrate zoologist Jianshen (“Johnson”) T. F. Chen (1898-1988), Director, National Taiwan Museum (Taipei), who provided type specimens.[1]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Gobiobotia cheni" in FishBase. December 2012 version.