''Paracanthobrama guichenoti'' 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 ver ...

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 else ...

to China. It is the only member of its genus. Named in honor of

Antoine Alphone Guichenot Antoine Alphonse Guichenot (31 July 1809 in Paris – 17 February 1876 in Cluny) was a French zoologist who taught, researched, and participated in specimen collecting trips on behalf of the ''Muséum national d'histoire naturelle'' (Paris), in ...

(1809-1876), assistant naturalist at Musée du Jardin des Plantes a Paris.

References

* Cyprinid fish of Asia Freshwater fish of China Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker Fish described in 1864 {{Cyprinidae-stub