Chinese lizard gudgeon
Species of fish
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The Chinese lizard gudgeon (Saurogobio dabryi) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae, the gudgeons.[2] found in the Amur basin to the Pearl River in China, Mongolia and the Korean peninsula. It is also found in Vietnam.[3]
| Chinese lizard gudgeon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Suborder: | Cyprinoidei |
| Family: | Gobionidae |
| Genus: | Saurogobio |
| Species: | S. dabryi |
| Binomial name | |
| Saurogobio dabryi Bleeker, 1871 | |
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Etymology
Named in honor of Pierre Dabry de Thiersant (1826-1898), fish culturist, French counsel to China, and student of Chinese fishes, who sent specimens to the Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris.[4]
