Decorus lemassoni
Species of fish
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Decorus lemassoni is a species of cyprinid fish found in the Ma River basin in Laos, the Red River basin in Vietnam, and Yunnan province in China.[3]
| Decorus lemassoni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
| Genus: | Decorus |
| Species: | D. lemassoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Decorus lemassoni (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936) | |
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Etymology
The fish is named in honor of aquatic engineer Jean L. Lemasson, the Chief of the Fishing and Hunting Service in Hanoi, Vietnam, who collected the holotype specimen.[4]
