Rasbora meinkeni
Rasbora meinkeni is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Rasbora from Sumatra.
Rasbora meinkeni | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Danioninae |
Genus: | Rasbora |
Species: | R. meinkeni |
Binomial name | |
Rasbora meinkeni de Beaufort, 1931[1] | |
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of aquarist/ichthyologist Herrmann Meinken (1896-1976), who gave de Beaufort a this species in the form of a breeding pair on which description is based. [2]
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Rasbora meinkeni" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family SUNDADANIONIDAE and DANIONIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
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