''Parasqualidus maii'' is a species of

cyprinid 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 ...

fish

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

. It is the only species in its genus. Named in honor of Mai Dinh Yên (b. 1933), Hanoi Science University.

References

* Cyprinid fish of Asia Fish of Vietnam Fish described in 2000 Gobioninae Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Cyprinidae-stub