Paratanakia chii

Paratanakia chii is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acheilognathidae, the bitterlings. This fish is found in China and Taiwan.

Paratanakia chii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Acheilognathidae
Genus:	Paratanakia
Species:	P. chii
Binomial name
Paratanakia chii (C. P. Miao, 1934)
Synonyms[1]
Acheilognathus chii C. P. Miao, 1934 Tanakia himantegus chii (C. P. Miao, 1934)

Etymology

Named in honor of Chen-Ju Ch'i, Director of Bureau of Education of Honan [now Henan] Province, China, for his "kind support" of the author's study of Kiangsu fishes.^[2]