Squalidus banarescui is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae, the gudgeons.[1] This fish is endemic to the Dadu River in Taiwan.[2]
| Squalidus banarescui | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Suborder: | Cyprinoidei |
| Family: | Gobionidae |
| Genus: | Squalidus |
| Species: | S. banarescui |
| Binomial name | |
| Squalidus banarescui I. S. Chen & Y. C. Chang, 2007 | |
Named in honor of Petru Bănărescu, Institute of Biology, Bucharest, for his "great" contributions to Taiwanese cyprinid taxonomy, especially the subfamily Gobioninae, between 1960 and 1973.[3]
References
edit- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Squalidus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Squalidus banarescui". FishBase. November 2016 version.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf (24 January 2025). "Family GOBIONIDAE Bleeker 1863 (Freshwater Gudgeons)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
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