Soldatov's thicklip gudgeon (''Sarcocheilichthys soldatovi'') is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
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 ver ...
fish found from the
Amur
The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China ( Inner Manchuria). The Amur proper is long, ...
to the Liaoning drainages, and
Buir Lake
Buir Lake ( mn, Буйр нуур, Buir nuur; ) is a freshwater lake that straddles the border between Mongolia and China. It lies within the Buir Lake Depression.
The Chinese city of Hulunbuir is named after both this lake and Hulun Lake
Hulu ...
in Mongolia.
Named in honor of
ichthyologist Vladimir Konstantinovich Soldatov (1875-1941), who collected type specimen.
References
Sarcocheilichthys
Taxa named by Lev Berg
Fish described in 1914
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