Danube delta gudgeon
The Danube delta gudgeon (Romanogobio antipai) was a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the lower Danube in Romania and the Ukraine. It was last recorded in the 1960s, with many studies conducted in its home range, all failing to find the species.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobioninae |
| Genus: | Romanogobio |
| Species: | †R. antipai |
| Binomial name | |
| †Romanogobio antipai Bănărescu, 1953 | |
Named in memory of Romanian zoologist Grigore Antipa (1867-1944), who collected the type specimen.[3]
References
- Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Romanogobio antipai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T135636A4167651. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135636A4167651.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Romanogobio antipai" in 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 3 March 2021.
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