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Abbottina rivularis (Basilewsky, 1855)

Chinese false gudgeon
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from the Kara Kum Channel. Reported since 1963 (Ref. 30700). Also reported from the Tedzhen River.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tx.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Coad, B.W., 1995
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Gobionidae (Gudgeons)
Etymology: Abbottina: Named for James Francis Abbott, formerly a professor in the Japanese Military Academy at Etajima, who assisted Professors Jordan and Snyder in their work on Lake Biwa, Lake Yogb, Yodo River, and at Tsuruga and Misaki (D. Hollombe, pers.comm., 2014 November)..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic.   Subtropical

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