Gnathopogon elongatus

Gnathopogon elongatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Gobionidae
Genus: Gnathopogon
Species: Gnathopogon elongatus
Subspecies: G. e. elongatus – G. e. suwae

Name

Gnathopogon elongatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

Lectotype: RMNH 2496 [largest]. Paralectotype: RMNH 2496 [smallest of 2]. [Lectotype designated by Boeseman, 1947.]

Type locality: Streams about Nagasaki, Japan

Synonymy

• Capoeta elongata Temminck & Schlegel, 1846: 200 [Protonym]

References

Primary references

• Temminck, C.J. & Schlegel, H. "1850" [1842–50]. Pisces. In: Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam, jussu et auspiciis superiorum, qui summum in India Batava imperium tenent, suscepto, annis 1823–1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. BHL Reference page. 
• Sherborn, C.D. & Jentink, F.A. 1895. On the Dates of the Parts of Siebold's 'Fauna Japonica' and Giebel's 'Allgemeine Zoologie' (first edition). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 149–150. BHL Reference page. 
• Boeseman, M. 1947. Revision of the fishes collected by Burger and Von Siebold in Japan. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 28: i–vii + 1–242, Pls. 1–5. Online Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kakioka, R., Kokita, T., Tabata, R., Mori, S. & Watanabe, K. 2012. The origins of limnetic forms and cryptic divergence in Gnathopogon fishes (Cyprinidae) in Japan. Environmental Biology of Fishes 96(5): 631–644. DOI: 10.1007/s10641-012-0054-x Reference page. 

Links

• Gnathopogon elongatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

日本語: タモロコ

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