White Cloud Mountain minnow

English

Etymology

After the White Cloud Mountain in Canton, China. The Latin name is in honour of Tan, a boy scout who first discovered the minnows in the 1950s and brought them to the attention of ichthyologist Lin Shu Yen.

Noun

White Cloud Mountain minnow (plural White Cloud Mountain minnows)

  1. A popular aquarium fish, Tanichthys albonubes.

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