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Paratanakia chii

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Paratanakia chii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Acheilognathidae
Genus: Paratanakia
Species:
P. chii
Binomial name
Paratanakia chii
(C. P. Miao, 1934)
Synonyms[1]
  • Acheilognathus chii C. P. Miao, 1934
  • Tanakia himantegus chii (C. P. Miao, 1934)

Paratanakia chii is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acheilognathidae, the bitterlings. This fish is found in China and Taiwan.

Etymology

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Named in honor of Chen-Ju Ch'i, Director of Bureau of Education of Honan [now Henan] Province, China, for his "kind support" of the author's study of Kiangsu fishes.[2]


References

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  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Paratanakia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  2. ^ 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.