Acheilognathus hondae

Acheilognathus hondae also known as Seoho bitterling (Korean: 서호납줄갱이; Hanja: 西湖-; RR: seohonapjulgaeng'i; lit. Western lake bitterling) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Acheilognathus. It is endemic to South Korea.

Acheilognathus hondae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Acheilognathinae
Genus: Acheilognathus
Species:
A. hondae
Binomial name
Acheilognathus hondae
(D. S. Jordan & Metz, 1913)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pseudoperilampus hondae Jordan & Metz, 1913
  • Rhodeus hondae (Jordan & Metz, 1913)

Named in honor of K. Honda, director, Agricultural Station at Suigen (Korea), “who obtained for us a fine collection from the pond at this station”.[2]


References
  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Acheilognathus hondae" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families ACHEILOGNATHIDAE, GOBIONIDAE and TANICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
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