Decorus lemassoni

Decorus lemassoni is a species of cyprinid fish found in the Ma River basin in Laos, the Red River basin in Vietnam, and Yunnan province in China.^[3]

Decorus lemassoni
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Labeoninae
Genus:	Decorus
Species:	D. lemassoni
Binomial name
Decorus lemassoni (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936)
Synonyms[2]
Altigena bibarbata Mai, 1978 Altigena lemassoni (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936) Altigena lemassonni (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936) (lapsus) Bangana lemassoni (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936) Sinilabeo lemassoni (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936) Sinilabeo rendahli lemassoni (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936) Varicorhinus lemassoni Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of aquatic engineer Jean L. Lemasson, the Chief of the Fishing and Hunting Service in Hanoi, Vietnam, who collected the holotype specimen.^[4]