''Saurogobio'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
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 in eastern
Asia
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.
Species
There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:
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Saurogobio dabryi
The Chinese lizard gudgeon (''Saurogobio dabryi'') is a species of cyprinid fish found in the Amur basin to the Pearl River
The Pearl River, also known by its Chinese name Zhujiang or Zhu Jiang in Mandarin pinyin or Chu Kiang and forme ...
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Bleeker, 1871 (Chinese lizard gudgeon)
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Saurogobio dumerili''
Bleeker, 1871
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Saurogobio gracilicaudatus
''Saurogobio gracilicaudatus'' 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 ...
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Yao & Yang, 1977 [Dai, Z.-Y., Zhang, E., Jiang, Z.-G. & Wang, W. (2014): Re-description of the gudgeon species ''Saurogobio gracilicaudatus'' Yao & Yang in Luo, Yue & Chen, 1977 (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Chang-Jiang basin, South China, with a note on its generic classification. ''Zootaxa, 3847 (2): 283–291.'']
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Saurogobio gymnocheilus
''Saurogobio gymnocheilus'' 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 ...
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Lo, Yao & Chen, 1998
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Saurogobio immaculatus
''Saurogobio immaculatus'' 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 ...
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Koller, 1927
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Saurogobio lissilabris
''Saurogobio lissilabris'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the Gobionidae family and live in China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencie ...
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Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1973
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Saurogobio xiangjiangensis
''Saurogobio xiangjiangensis'' 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 ...
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J. H. Tang, 1980
References
Fish of Asia
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