Gnathopogon caerulescens

Gnathopogon caerulescens, the Biwa moroko gudgeon is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Gnathopogon endemic to Lake Biwa in Japan.^[3] It is sometimes known by its Japanese name 'Honmoroko' (ホンモロコ).

Char-broiled

Gnathopogon caerulescens
Male (top) and female (bottom)
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Suborder:	Cyprinoidei
Family:	Gobionidae
Genus:	Gnathopogon
Species:	G. caerulescens
Binomial name
Gnathopogon caerulescens (Sauvage, 1883)
Synonyms[2]
Squalius caerulescens Sauvage, 1883 Otakia rasborina D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900 Leucogobio jordani Ishikawa, 1901