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Gobiobotia cheni

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Species of freshwater fish from Taiwan

Gobiobotia cheni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Gobioninae
Genus: Gobiobotia
Species: G. cheni
Binomial name
Gobiobotia cheni
Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1966

Gobiobotia cheni is a species of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to Taiwan.

Named in honor of vertebrate zoologist Jianshen (“Johnson”) T. F. Chen (1898-1988), Director, National Taiwan Museum (Taipei), who provided type specimens.


References

  1. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Gobiobotia cheni
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