Mesogobio lachneri
| Mesogobio lachneri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Suborder: | Cyprinoidei |
| Family: | Gobionidae |
| Genus: | Mesogobio |
| Species: | M. lachneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Mesogobio lachneri | |
Mesogobio lachnerithe Yalu River gudgeon, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae, the gudgeons. It is endemic to the Yalu River on the border between China and North Korea.[1]
Etymology
[edit]Named in honor of Ernest A. Lachner (1916-1996), curator of fishes at the U.S. National Museum, for facilitating the senior author’s visits to several museums in the United States.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Mesogobio". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ 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.). "Mesogobio lachneri". FishBase. December 2012 version.