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Paratanakia himantegus chii is a subspecies of fish[1] native to southern China including Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, and introduced to Taiwan.[citation needed]
Paratanakia himantegus chii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | Paratanakia |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | P. h. chii
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Trinomial name | |
Paratanakia himantegus chii Miao, 1934
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Etymology
editNamed in honor of Chen-Ju Ch’i, Director of Bureau of Education of Honan [now Henan] Province, China, for his “kind support” of the author’s study of Kiangsu fishes.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Paratanakia himantegus chii - Wikispecies".
- ^ 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 3 March 2021.