Gobiobotia nicholsi
Gobiobotia nicholsi is a species of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to China.
| Gobiobotia nicholsi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobioninae |
| Genus: | Gobiobotia |
| Species: | G. nicholsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Gobiobotia nicholsi | |
Named in honor of John Treadwell Nichols (1883-1958), curator of fishes at the American Museum of Natural History.[1]
References
- 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. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Gobiobotia nicholsi" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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