White Cloud Mountain minnow

noun

A popular aquarium fish, Tanichthys albonubes.

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Meanings

nounWhite Cloud Mountain minnow (plural White Cloud Mountain minnows)

plural White Cloud Mountain minnows

  1. A popular aquarium fish, Tanichthys albonubes.

Origin

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.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 唐魚 /唐鱼
  • 唐魚 /唐鱼 (tángyú)Tanichthys albonubes
Finnish kardinaalikala
  • kardinaalikalaTanichthys albonubes
German Kardinalfisch, Kardinälchen
  • KardinalfischTanichthys albonubes
  • KardinälchenTanichthys albonubes
Korean 백운산어
  • 백운산어 (baegunsaneo)Tanichthys albonubes
Ukrainian кардинал
  • кардинал (kardynal)Tanichthys albonubes
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APA

White Cloud Mountain minnow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/White%20Cloud%20Mountain%20minnow

MLA

“White Cloud Mountain minnow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/White%20Cloud%20Mountain%20minnow. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “White Cloud Mountain minnow,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/White%20Cloud%20Mountain%20minnow.

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