The Khanka gudgeon (Squalidus chankaensis) is a species of cyprinid, an East Asian freshwater fish that occurs from the Amur basin in Russia, through China, Mongolia and Japan, to Vietnam. It reaches up to 13.6 cm (5.4 in) in total length.[1]

Khanka gudgeon
Squalidus chankaensis biwae of Lake Biwa, Japan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Gobioninae
Genus: Squalidus
Species:
S. chankaensis
Binomial name
Squalidus chankaensis
Dybowski, 1872
Synonyms
  • Gnathopogon chankaensis
  • Gnathopogon ussuriensis
  • Gobio chankaensis
  • Gobio ussuriensis
  • Leucogobio chankaensis
  • Squalidus ussuriensi

References edit

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Squalidus chankaensis" in FishBase. May 2019 version.