Squalidus banarescui
Appearance
Squalidus banarescui | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Gobioninae |
Genus: | Squalidus |
Species: | S. banarescui
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Binomial name | |
Squalidus banarescui I. S. Chen & Y. C. Chang, 2007
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Squalidus banarescui is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Dadu River in Taiwan.[1]
Named in honor of Petru Bănărescu (1921-2009), Institute of Biology, Bucharest, for his “great” contributions to Taiwanese cyprinid taxonomy, especially the subfamily Gobioninae, between 1960 and 1973.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Squalidus banarescui". FishBase. November 2016 version.
- ^ 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.