Gobiobotia nicholsi

Gobiobotia nicholsi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Suborder: Cyprinoidei
Family: Gobionidae
Genus: Gobiobotia
Species:
G. nicholsi
Binomial name
Gobiobotia nicholsi

Gobiobotia nicholsi is a species of small freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae, the gudgeons.[1] It is endemic to China.

Named in honor of John Treadwell Nichols (1883-1958), curator of fishes at the American Museum of Natural History.[2]


References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Gobiobotia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  2. ^ 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. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
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