Gnathopogon caerulescens
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| Gnathopogon caerulescens | |
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| Male (top) and female (bottom) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Suborder: | Cyprinoidei |
| Family: | Gobionidae |
| Genus: | Gnathopogon |
| Species: | G. caerulescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Gnathopogon caerulescens (Sauvage, 1883) | |
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Gnathopogon caerulescens, the Biwa moroko gudgeon is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Gnathopogon endemic to Lake Biwa in Japan.[3] It is sometimes known by its Japanese name 'Honmoroko' (ホンモロコ).
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