Acrochondonichthys gyrinus

Acrochondonichthys gyrinus

Acrochondronichthys gyrinus was described in 2003 by Vidthayanon and Ng. The genus name Acrochondonichthys can be broken down into three ancient Greek words. Akros means ‘top’ or ‘uppermost’; chorda is the lateral line and ichthys means ‘fish’. The species name gyrinus comes from Latin and means ’rounded’ or ‘bent’. This is a reference to the concave posterior edge of the pectoral fin of this species.

Author

John de Lange

Copyright images

Nonn Panitvong – Siamensis.org

References

Fishbase