Squalidus banarescui
Squalidus banarescui is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Dadu River in Taiwan.[1]
| Squalidus banarescui | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobioninae |
| Genus: | Squalidus |
| Species: | S. banarescui |
| Binomial name | |
| Squalidus banarescui I. S. Chen & Y. C. Chang, 2007 | |
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
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Squalidus banarescui" 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 5 March 2021.
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