Gymnocypris potanini

Gymnocypris potanini is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to China.

Gymnocypris potanini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Cyprininae
Genus: Gymnocypris
Species:
G. potanini
Binomial name
Gymnocypris potanini

Named in honor of Grigory Nikolayaevich Potanin (1835-1920), Russian explorer of Inner Asia.[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Gymnocypris potanini" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamilies ACROSSOCHEILINAE, BARBINAE, SPINIBARBINAE, SCHIZOTHORACINAE, SCHIZOPYGOPSINAE and Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 March 2021.


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