''Squalidus'' is a genus 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 that occurs in eastern
Asia
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. There are currently 14 described species in this genus.
Species
* ''
Squalidus argentatus''
( Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)
* ''
Squalidus atromaculatus''
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& C. H. Pope, 1927)
* ''
Squalidus banarescui''
I. S. Chen & Y. C. Chang, 2007
* ''
Squalidus chankaensis
The Khanka gudgeon (''Squalidus chankaensis'') is a species of cyprinid, an East Asian freshwater fish that occurs from the Amur
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''
Dybowski, 1872 (Khanka gudgeon)
** ''Squalidus chankaensis biwae''
( D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900)
** ''Squalidus chankaensis chankaensis''
Dybowski, 1872
* ''
Squalidus gracilis''
(Temminck
Coenraad Jacob Temminck (; 31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch aristocrat, zoologist and museum director.
Biography
Coenraad Jacob Temminck was born on 31 March 1778 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic. From his father, Jacob Temmin ...
& Schlegel
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, 1846)
** ''Squalidus gracilis gracilis''
(Temminck
Coenraad Jacob Temminck (; 31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch aristocrat, zoologist and museum director.
Biography
Coenraad Jacob Temminck was born on 31 March 1778 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic. From his father, Jacob Temmin ...
& Schlegel
Schlegel is a German occupational surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Anthony Schlegel (born 1981), former American football linebacker
* August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767–1845), German poet, older brother of Friedrich
* Brad Schlege ...
, 1846)
** ''Squalidus gracilis majimae''
( D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925)
* ''
Squalidus homozonus''
( Günther, 1868)
* ''
Squalidus iijimae''
( Ōshima, 1919)
* ''
Squalidus intermedius''
(Nichols Nichols may refer to:
People
*Nichols (surname)
*Nichol, a surname
Places Canada
* Nichols Islands, Nunavut
United States
* Nichols, California, an unincorporated community
* Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles, California
* Nichols, Connecticut
* Nich ...
, 1929)
* ''
Squalidus japonicus''
( Sauvage, 1883)
** ''Squalidus japonicus coreanus''
( L. S. Berg, 1906)
** ''Squalidus japonicus japonicus''
( Sauvage, 1883)
* ''
Squalidus mantschuricus''
( T. Mori, 1927)
* ''
Squalidus minor''
( Harada, 1943)
* ''
Squalidus multimaculatus''
K. Hosoya & S. R. Jeon, 1984
* ''
Squalidus nitens''
( Günther, 1873)
* ''
Squalidus wolterstorffi
''Squalidus wolterstorffi'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to southeastern China.
Named in honor of German geologist, herpetologist and curator Willy Wolterstorff (1864-1943), who “received” fishes from China collected by Martin Kre ...
''
(Regan
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, 1908)
References
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Fish of Asia
Freshwater fish genera
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by Benedykt Dybowski
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