Pacific redfin
Appearance
| Pacific redfin | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudaspininae |
| Genus: | Pseudaspius |
| Species: | P. brandtii |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudaspius brandtii (Dybowski, 1872) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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The Pacific redfin (Pseudaspius brandtii) is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, true minnows and related fishes. It is found from the Siberian Pacific Coast through coastal Japan.
Etymology
[edit source]The fish is named in honor of German naturalist Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802–1879).[3]

References
[edit source]- ↑ Bogutskaya, N. (2022). "Pseudaspius brandtii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022 e.T159708848A159708904. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T159708848A159708904.en. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pseudaspius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family LEUCISCIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDASPININAE Bogutskaya 1990 (Far East Asian Minnows)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudaspius brandtii". FishBase. March 2024 version.