Parasqualidus is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to Vietnam. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Parasqualidus maii.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Gobioninae |
Genus: | Parasqualidus A. Doi, 2000 |
Species: | P. maii
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Binomial name | |
Parasqualidus maii A. Doi, 2000
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Named in honor of Mai Dinh Yên (b. 1933), Hanoi Science University.[2]
References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parasqualidus maii". FishBase. August 2011 version.
- ^ Huckstorf, V. (2012). "Squalidus maii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T188018A1845820. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T188018A1845820.en. Downloaded on 26 December 2017.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 5 March 2021.