China country information

Common names: 尖头鱥, 尖頭鱥
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from Tumen, Huanghe(Yellow River), Liaohe and Changjiang(Yangtze River) rivers(33783). Recorded from Peking, Hwang and the Yangtze (Ref. 1441).Type locality: Beijing [Pékin], Si-wan, and south Shen-si, China (Ref. 26282). Known from Peking, Hwang and the Yangtze (Ref. 1441). Also found in the Yangtze River, the Huanghe River [=Yellow River] and the Tumen River [=Doo-man River] (Ref. 51717). Known from Liaoning (Chizi River, Dalin River), Hebei (Laishui ),Gansu (Cheng Xian, Min Xian), Henan (Lushan), Shanxi, Sichuan (Wan Xian), Hubei (Lichuan, Nenshi, Jianshi, Qingjiang, Xuannen) provinces(Ref.33783) Also Ref. 1441.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Luo, Y., 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Kiinanmutu, Suifunskii gol'yan, 尖头鱥, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Pseudaspininae
Etymology: Rhynchocypris: Name from Greek 'rhingcho-' meaning rostral and 'cypris' or 'Kýpris' for the goddess Aphrodite (Peyman and Jalal, 2011)..
More on authors: Sauvage, Dabry, de & Thiersant.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce demersal. Temperate; 10°C - 20°C (Ref. 13614)

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Asia: rivers of Pacific basin from Amur southward to Yangtze drainages; in Korea in Yellow Sea basin; southern Japan (Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku); in Amur, middle reaches of Amur and Bureya River system downstream to lower reaches, Ussuri River but not present in Khanka Lake basin.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.2 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 1441)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 3; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 7-8; Espinas anales 3; Radios blandos anales: 7

Inhabits rivers. Predatory fish which feeds on fry, insects and other animal food (Ref. 1441).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Bogutskaya, N.G., A.M. Naseka, S.V. Shedko, E.D. Vasil'eva and I.A. Chereshnev, 2008. The fishes of the Amur River: updated check-list and zoogeography. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 19(4):301-366. (Ref. 82587)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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Rhynchocypris oxycephala (Sauvage, Dabry, de & Thiersant, 1874)