Pacific redfin
| Pacific redfin | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudaspininae |
| Genus: | Pseudaspius |
| Species: | P. brandtii
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudaspius brandtii (Dybowski, 1872)
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The Pacific redfin (Pseudaspius brandtii) is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, true minnows and related fishes. It is found from the Siberian Pacific Coast through coastal Japan.
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of German naturalist Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802–1879).[3]
References
- ^ Bogutskaya, N. (2022). "Pseudaspius brandtii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T159708848A159708904. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T159708848A159708904.en. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pseudaspius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family LEUCISCIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDASPININAE Bogutskaya 1990 (Far East Asian Minnows)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudaspius brandtii". FishBase. March 2024 version.