Gobiobotia cheni Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1966
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Gobiobotia cheni is a species of small freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae, the gudgeons. It is endemic to Taiwan.
Named in honor of vertebrate zoologist Jianshen ("Johnson") T. F. Chen (1898–1988), Director, National Taiwan Museum (Taipei), who provided type specimens.
Wikipedia contributors, Gobiobotia cheni; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:38:48.900234+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Gobiobotia cheni Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1966
- Name authority
- Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1966
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Gobionidae
- Genus
- Gobiobotia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyGobionidae Bleeker, 1863
- genusGobiobotia Kreyenberg, 1911
- speciesGobiobotia cheni Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1966
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Gobiobotia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Gobiobotia brevibarba Mori, 1935 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiobotia brevirostris Chen & Cao, 1977 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiobotia filifer (Garman, 1912) | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiobotia paucirastella Zheng & Yan, 1986 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiobotia tungi Fang, 1933 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiobotia guilingensis Chen, 1989 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiobotia homalopteroidea Rendahl, 1933 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiobotia jiangxiensis Zhang & Liu, 1995 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiobotia longibarba Fang & Wang, 1931 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiobotia macrocephala Mori, 1935 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiobotia meridionalis Chen & Cao, 1977 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiobotia naktongensis Mori, 1935 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Bănărescu, P. M., & Nalbant, T. T. (1966). Notes on the genus Gobiobotia (Pisces, Cyprinidae) with description of three new species. Annotationes Zoologicae et Botanicae, 27. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3GPB5. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.