Cherskii's thicklip gudgeon (''Sarcocheilichthys czerskii'') is a
species of
cyprinid fish endemic to the
Amur River
The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's List of longest rivers, tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China, Northeastern China (Inne ...
basin.
Named in honor of ornithologist
Alexander Ivanovich Czerski
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
(1879-1921, son of
Jan Czerski 845-1892 celebrated Polish geologist, naturalist and explorer), who collected the type specimen.
References
Sarcocheilichthys
Taxa named by Lev Berg
Fish described in 1914
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