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Vietnamese Cardinal Minnow
Tanichthys micagemmae
Tanichthys micagemmae, commonly known as the Vietnamese cardinal minnow (especially in England, in the aquarium trade), is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the cypriniform family Tanichthyidae. It was discovered and described in 2001, in a tributary of the Bến Hải River in Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam. Its range includes what was the demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam, which was subject to intense bombing during the Vietnam War.
From the article Tanichthys micagemmae on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The Vietnamese cardinal minnow is similar in appearance to the white cloud mountain minnow (T. albonubes), the most familiar member of its genus, which also can be found in the aquarium trade. It is distinguished from the latter primarily by the lighter coloration of its lower body and by the centered position of its lateral stripes, compared with a position well above the middle in the latter.
Wikipedia: “Appearance”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 188547.