Gymnocypris waddellii

Gymnocypris waddellii is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Tibet.

Gymnocypris waddellii
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Cyprininae
Genus: Gymnocypris
Species:
G. waddellii
Binomial name
Gymnocypris waddellii
Regan, 1905[2]
Synonyms
  • Gymnocypris gibberis
  • Gymnocypris hobsonii
  • Gymnocypris molicorporus
  • Gymnocypris pingi
  • Rugogymnocypris tibetanus
  • Schizopygopsis waddellii

Named in honor of Lieut.-Col. Laurence Austine Waddell, CB (1854-1938), British army surgeon, explorer, philologist, linguist, and chemistry and pathology professor, who preserved the type specimens in salt before presenting them to the British Museum (Natural History).[3]

References
  1. Ng, H.H. (2010). "Gymnocypris waddellii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T168536A6510373. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168536A6510373.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2024). "Gymnocypris waddellii" in FishBase. April 2024 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (2 May 2023). "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SCHIZOPYGOPSINAE Mirza 1991 (Mountain Barbels)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 April 2024.


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