Acheilognathus yamatsutae
| Acheilognathus yamatsutae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Suborder: | Cyprinoidei |
| Family: | Acheilognathidae |
| Genus: | Acheilognathus |
| Species: | A. yamatsutae |
| Binomial name | |
| Acheilognathus yamatsutae | |
Acheilognathus yamatsutae is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Acheilognathus, a bitterling. It is endemic to Korea and China.
Named in honor of Mr. K. Yamatsuta, a teacher at the Mukden Higher Girls School, who "obtained … a fine type specimen".[2]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Acheilognathus yamatsutae". FishBase.
- ^ 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.