''Gyrinocheilus pennocki'', also known as the spotted algae eater, is a species of freshwater fish

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. It grows to SL. It is an important species caught both in commercial and artisanal fisheries. The fish is named in honor of Charles J. Pennock (1857-1935) of Pennsylvania, an ornithologist to whom Fowler was indebted for acquiring various North American fishes. Gyrinocheilus pennocki are synonymous to Gyrinocheilus aymonieri but differ in body proportions primarily in head shape.

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Gyrinocheilidae Fish of the Mekong Basin Fish of Cambodia Fish of Laos Fish of Thailand Fish of Vietnam Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler Fish described in 1937 {{cypriniformes-stub