''Abbottina'' is a genus of
ray-finned fish in the family
Cyprinidae
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 verte ...
,
the carps and minnows. They are native to eastern Asia (China,
Korea, Japan, and
Vietnam).
[Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds.]
''Abbottina'' species list.
FishBase. 2011. The genus was named for the American zoologist
James Fisher Abbott, student at
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
and later professor of English at
Naval Academy Etajima and of zoology at
Washington University.
Jordan, David Starr Jordan. Days of a Man. 1922. volume 2. pages 37-38
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Species
There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:
*'' Abbottina binhi'' Nguyễn, 2001[
*'' Abbottina lalinensis'' Huang & Li, 1995
*'' Abbottina liaoningensis'' K. J. Qin, 1987
*'']Abbottina obtusirostris
''Abbottina obtusirostris'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Abbottina'' who are found in the upper Yangtze River in Szechwan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szec ...
'' ( H. W. Wu & Ki. Fu. Wang, 1931)
*'' Abbottina rivularis'' ( Basilewsky, 1855) - Chinese false gudgeon
References
Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler
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