Saurogobio dumerili

Saurogobio dumerili is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae, the gudgeons.^[1] This species is endemic to China.^[2]

Saurogobio dumerili
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Suborder:	Cyprinoidei
Family:	Gobionidae
Genus:	Saurogobio
Species:	S. dumerili
Binomial name
Saurogobio dumerili Bleeker, 1871
Synonyms
Saurogobio dorsalis Y.-T. Chu, 1932

Named in honor of Auguste Duméril (1812–1870), herpetologist and ichthyologist, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris), who invited Bleeker to examine Chinese cyprinids in the museum’s collection.^[3]