Rhynchocypris oxycephala, Chinese minnow

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Rhynchocypris oxycephala (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)

Chinese minnow
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Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | 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 & DabrydeThiersant.

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

; eau douce démersal. Temperate; 10°C - 20°C (Ref. 13614)

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | 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.

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.2 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 1441)

Description synthétique Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total): 3; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total): 7-8; Épines anales 3; Rayons mous anaux: 7

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

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

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

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)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)


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