''Sarcocheilichthys davidi'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
cyprinid
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest ver ...
fish endemic to
China.
It is named in honor of the Catholic missionary and zoologist
Armand David (1826-1900), who collected the type specimen.
References
Sarcocheilichthys
Taxa named by Henri Émile Sauvage
Fish described in 1878
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