Gymnocypris eckloni is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to China.
| Gymnocypris eckloni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cyprininae |
| Genus: | Gymnocypris |
| Species: | G. eckloni
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnocypris eckloni Herzenstein, 1891[1]
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Named in honor of F. L. Ecklon, one of Nikolai Przhevalsky’s assistants during his second trip to Tibet, whose services Przhevalsky said were “invaluable”.[2]
References edit
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Gymnocypris eckloni" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamilies ACROSSOCHEILINAE, BARBINAE, SPINIBARBINAE, SCHIZOTHORACINAE, SCHIZOPYGOPSINAE and Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
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