Chinese lizard gudgeon

The Chinese lizard gudgeon is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae, the gudgeons. found in the Amur basin to the Pearl River in China, Mongolia and the Korean peninsula. It is also found in Vietnam.

Etymology

Named in honor of Pierre Dabry de Thiersant, fish culturist, French counsel to China, and student of Chinese fishes, who sent specimens to the Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris.