Gymnocypris waddellii

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Schizopygopsinae
Genus: Gymnocypris
Species: Gymnocypris waddellii

Name

Gymnocypris waddellii Regan, 1905

• Syntypes: BMNH 1905.2.8.12-15 (4).

Type locality: Yamdok Lake, Tibet, elevation 14800 feet.

Etymology: name in honor of Lieut.-Col. Laurence Austine Waddell, C.B. [Companion of the Order of the Bath] (1854-1938), British army surgeon, explorer, philologist, linguist, and chemistry and pathology professor, who preserved type specimens in salt before presenting them to the British Museum (Natural History). (From: The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Gymnocypris hobsonii Stewart, 1911
• Gymnocypris gibberis Tchang, Yueh & Hwang, 1964
• Gymnocypris molicorporus Tchang, Yueh & Hwang, 1964
• Gymnocypris pingi orisolatus Tchang, Yueh & Hwang, 1964
• Gymnocypris pingi Tchang, Yueh & Hwang, 1964
• Rugogymnocypris tibetanus Yueh & Hwang, 1964

References

• Regan, C.T. 1905. Descriptions of two new cyprinid fishes from Tibet. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) 15(87) (art. 34): 300–301. BHL Reference page. 
• Tang, Y.-T., Feng, C.-G., Wanghe, K.-Y., Li, G.-G. & Zhao, K. 2016. Taxonomic status of a population of Gymoncypris waddelli Regan, 1905 (Cypriniformes: Schizothoracinae) distributed in Pengqu River, Tibet, China. Zootaxa 4126(1): 123–137. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.1.7. Reference page. 

Links

• Gymnocypris waddellii in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Gymnocypris waddellii in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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