Gnathopogon caerulescens

Gnathopogon caerulescens
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Gnathopogon caerulescens

Taxonavigation

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: Gobionidae
Genus: Gnathopogon
Species: Gnathopogon caerulescens

Name

Gnathopogon caerulescens (Sauvage, 1883)

Holotype: MNHN

Type locality: Lake Biwa, Japan.

Synonyms

• Squalius caerulescens Sauvage, 1883
• Otakia rasborina Jordan & Snyder, 1900
• Leucogobio jordani Ishikawa, 1901

References

• Sauvage, H.E. 1883. Sur une collection de poissons recuellie dans le lac Biwako (Japon) par M. F. Steenackers. Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris, (7th Série) 7: 144–150. BHL Reference page. 
• Kakioka, R., Kokita, T., Tabata, R., Mori, S. & Watanabe, K. 2012. The origins of limnetic forms and cryptic divergence in Gnathopogon fishes (Cyprinidae) in Japan. Environmental Biology of Fishes 96(5): 631–644. DOI: 10.1007/s10641-012-0054-x

Links

• Squalius caerulescens in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on August 18, 2018.
• Gnathopogon caerulescens in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Gnathopogon caerulescens – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

日本語: ホンモロコ

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