''Mesogobio lachneri'' is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the Yalujiang River in Asia.

Etymology

Named in honor of

Ernest A. Lachner Ernest Albert Lachner (3 April 1915, New Castle, Pennsylvania – 7 January 1996, Winchester, Virginia) was an American ichthyologist with an international reputation for his research on Indo-Pacific goby, gobies and cardinalfishes. Biography La ...

(1916-1996), curator of fishes at the U.S. National Museum, for facilitating the senior author’s visits to several museums in the United States.

References

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q3760603 Mesogobio Fish described in 1973 Taxa named by Petre Mihai Bănărescu Taxa named by Teodor T. Nalbant