noun
Meaning 1
A popular aquarium fish, Tanichthys albonubes.
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Phrase guide
White Cloud Mountain minnow
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History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 唐魚 /唐鱼 (tángyú) — Tanichthys albonubes
- Finnish: kardinaalikala — Tanichthys albonubes
- German: Kardinalfisch — Tanichthys albonubes
- German: Kardinälchen — Tanichthys albonubes
- Korean: 백운산어 (baegunsaneo) — Tanichthys albonubes
- Ukrainian: кардинал (kardynal) — Tanichthys albonubes