''Tanichthys kuehnei'' is a

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belonging to the mountain minnow family,

Tanichthyidae ''Tanichthys'' is a genus of freshwater fish, it is the only genus in the family Tanichthyidae in the order Cypriniformes. They are native to rivers and streams in China and Vietnam. Until recently, the type species, ''T. albonubes,'' was the onl ...

. It is native to Central

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

Etymology

The

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honours the

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Jens Kühne who tried to locate this species in the field.

References

kuehnei Taxa named by Jörg Bohlen Taxa named by Tomáš Dvorák (zoologist) Taxa named by Ha Nam Thang Taxa named by Vendula Šlechtová Fish described in 2018 Fish of Vietnam {{Cyprinidae-stub