Gyrinocheilus pennocki, also known as the spotted algae eater, is a species of freshwater fish endemic to the Mekong basin in Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.[1][2][3] It grows to 28 cm (11 in) SL.[2] It is an important species caught both in commercial and artisanal fisheries.[1]
The fish is named in honor of Charles J. Pennock (1857–1935) of Pennsylvania, an ornithologist to whom Fowler was indebted for acquiring various North American fishes.[4]
Gyrinocheilus pennocki are synonymous to Gyrinocheilus aymonieri but differ in body proportions primarily in head shape.[5]
^Rainboth, Walter J.; Buth, Donald G.; Joswiak, Gerard R. (1986). "Electrophoretic and Karyological Characters of the Gyrinocheilid Fish, Gyrinocheilus aymonieri". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 14 (5): 531–537. doi:10.1016/0305-1978(86)90014-1.
