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Acheilognathus deignani
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Acheilognathinae
Genus:	Acheilognathus
Species:	A. deignani
Binomial name
Acheilognathus deignani (H. M. Smith, 1945)
Synonyms
Acanthorhodeus deignani Smith, 1945

Acheilognathus deignani is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Acheilognathus. It is endemic to northern Vietnam in the Mekong River. It grows to a maximum length of 5.2 cm.

Named in honor of Herbert Girton Deignan (1906-1968), Associate Curator of Birds, U.S. National Museum, who collected the type specimen.

References

1. Kottelat, M. (2011). "Acheilognathus deignani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T181028A7659328. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T181028A7659328.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Acheilognathus deignani". FishBase.
3. 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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