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Ancherythroculter kurematsui

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Ancherythroculter kurematsui
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Xenocyprididae
Genus: Ancherythroculter
Species:
A. kurematsui
Binomial name
Ancherythroculter kurematsui
(Sh. Kimura, 1934)

Ancherythroculter kurematsui s a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies.[1] This species occurs in the Yangtze in China.[2]

Ancherythroculter kurematsui honors U. Kurematsu, Japanese General Council of Chengtu (now Chingdu), capital of Sichuan Province, China, where it occurs in its specific name.[3] This species was first formally described in 1934 by the Japanese ichthyologist Shigeru Kimura.[1]


References

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  1. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Ancherythroculter". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ancherythroculter kurematsui". FishBase. October 2024 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf (15 November 2024). "Family XENOCYPRIDIDAE Günther 1868 (Sharpbellies)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 20 January 2025.