''Spinibarbus hollandi'' 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 ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. It grows to length. Named in honor of zoologist-paleontologist William J. Holland (1848-1932), Director of the

Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh are four museums that are operated by the Carnegie Institute headquartered in the Carnegie Institute complex in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Carnegie Institute complex, which includes th ...

, in whose journal Oshima’s paper appeared.

References

Spinibarbus Cyprinid fish of Asia Freshwater fish of Taiwan Endemic fauna of Taiwan Barbs (fish) Taxa named by Masamitsu Ōshima Fish described in 1919 {{Cyprininae-stub