Paracanthobrama

Paracanthobrama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Suborder: Cyprinoidei
Family: Gobionidae
Genus: Paracanthobrama
Bleeker, 1864
Species:
P. guichenoti
Binomial name
Paracanthobrama guichenoti
Bleeker, 1864
Synonyms

Genus

Species

  • Hemibarbus guichenoti (Bleeker, 1864)
  • Hemibarbus dissimilis Bleeker, 1871
  • Barbus nigriparipinnis Fowler, 1930
  • Hemibarbus soochowensis T.-H. Shaw, 1930
  • Paracanthobrama pingi H.-W. Wu, 1930

Paracanthobrama is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae. the gudgeons. The only species in the genus is Paracanthobrama guichenoti, a species which is endemic to China.

Named in honor of Antoine Alphonse Guichenot (1809-1876), assistant naturalist at Musée du Jardin des Plantes a Paris.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Gobionidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  2. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Paracanthobrama". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paracanthobrama guichenoti". FishBase. October 2025 version.
  4. ↑ Christopher Scharpf (24 January 2025). "Family GOBIONIDAE Bleeker 1863 (Freshwater Gudgeons)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 25 February 2025.