''Paracanthobrama'' is a
monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae. the gudgeons.
The only species in the genus is ''Paracanthobrama guichenoti'',
a species which is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to
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 ...
.
Named in honor of
Antoine Alphone Guichenot (1809-1876), assistant naturalist at Musée du Jardin des Plantes a Paris.
References
Freshwater fish of China
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
Fish described in 1864
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