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Gyrinocheilus pennocki

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Species of fish

Gyrinocheilus pennocki
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Gyrinocheilidae
Genus: Gyrinocheilus
Species: G. pennocki
Binomial name
Gyrinocheilus pennocki
(Fowler, 1937)
Synonyms

Gyrinocheilops pennocki Fowler, 1937

Gyrinocheilus pennocki, also known as the spotted algae eater, is a species of freshwater fish endemic to the Mekong basin in Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. It grows to 28 cm (11 in) SL. It is an important species caught both in commercial and artisanal fisheries.

The fish is named in honor of Charles J. Pennock (1857–1935) of Pennsylvania, an ornithologist to whom Fowler was indebted for acquiring various North American fishes.

Gyrinocheilus pennocki are synonymous to Gyrinocheilus aymonieri but differ in body proportions primarily in head shape.

References

  1. ^ Allen, D.J. (2011). "Gyrinocheilus pennocki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T181297A7666673. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T181297A7666673.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gyrinocheilus pennocki". FishBase. August 2015 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke, eds. (2 November 2015). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families GYRINOCHEILIDAE and CATOSTOMIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  5. Rainboth, Walter J.; Buth, Donald G.; Joswiak, Gerard R. (1986). "Electrophoretic and Karyological Characters of the Gyrinocheilid Fish, Gyrinocheilus aymonieri". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 14 (5): 531–537. doi:10.1016/0305-1978(86)90014-1.
Taxon identifiers
Gyrinocheilus pennocki


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