| Rasbora meinkeni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Danioninae |
| Genus: | Rasbora |
| Species: | R. meinkeni |
| Binomial name | |
| Rasbora meinkeni de Beaufort, 1931[1] | |
Rasbora meinkeni is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Rasbora from Sumatra.
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of aquarist/ichthyologist Herrmann Meinken (1896-1976), who gave de Beaufort a this species in the form of a breeding pair on which description is based. [2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Rasbora meinkeni" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family SUNDADANIONIDAE and DANIONIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
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