Mesogobio lachneri (also known as the Yalu River gudgeon) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the Yalujiang River in Asia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobioninae |
| Genus: | Mesogobio |
| Species: | M. lachneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Mesogobio lachneri | |
Etymology
editNamed in honor of Ernest A. Lachner (1916-1996), curator of fishes at the U.S. National Museum, for facilitating the senior author’s visits to several museums in the United States.[1]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Mesogobio lachneri". FishBase. December 2012 version.