''Ancherythroculter daovantieni'' is a species of freshwater

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

belonging to the

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Xenocyprididae Xenocyprididae, is a family of freshwater ray-finned fishes commonly called the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies with a natural distribution in Asia. This taxon, sometimes spelt Xenocypridae, was previously regarded to be a subfamily, Xenocypri ...

, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies, described in 1967. It is native to

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. Named in honor of biologist and professor

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, Hanoi, who provided the type specimen.

References

Fish of Vietnam Taxa named by Petre Mihai Bănărescu Fish described in 1967 Ancherythroculter {{Cyprinidae-stub