Burmese carplet
Species of fish
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The Burmese carplet (Amblypharyngodon atkinsonii), is a species of carplet belonging to the family Danionidae. It is found in the Ayeyarwady, Sittaung, and lower Salween rivers in Myanmar.[3][4]
| Burmese carplet | |
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| Amblypharyngodon atkinsonii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Danionidae |
| Subfamily: | Rasborinae |
| Genus: | Amblypharyngodon |
| Species: | A. atkinsonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Amblypharyngodon atkinsonii (Blyth, 1860) | |
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Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Irish entomologist Edwin Thomas Atkinson (1840–1890), who in 1862 joined the Indian Civil Service which madeit possible to make many natural history collections in India and Southeast Asia.[5]
