''Microphysogobio chenhsienensis'' 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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Gobionidae Gobioninae is a monophyletic family of Eurasian cyprinoid fishes. This is a species rich clade which, as a subfamily of the Cyprinidae was divided into five tribes: Gobionini, Pseudogobionini, Hemibarbini, Coreiini, and Sarcocheilichthyini. T ...

, the gudgeons. This species is known only in the Cao'ejiang and

Zhujiang River The Pearl River (, or ) is an extensive river system in southern China. "Pearl River" is often also used as a catch-all for the watersheds of the Pearl tributaries within Guangdong, specifically the Xi ('west'), Bei ('north'), and Dong ( ...

s in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. This species can reach a length of SL. It is of minor importance to local

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.Huang, S.-P., Chen, I-S. & Shao, K-T. (2016): A new species of ''Microphysogobio'' (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Fujian Province, China, and a molecular phylogenetic analysis of ''Microphysogobio'' species from southeastern China and Taiwan. ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 129 (1): 195-211.''

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chenhsienensis Freshwater fish of China Fish described in 1938 Taxa named by Fang Ping-Wen {{Gobioninae-stub