White Cloud Mountain minnow

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

White Cloud Mountain minnow (plural White Cloud Mountain minnows)

  1. A popular aquarium fish, Tanichthys albonubes.

Translations[edit]

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