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Xenocyprididae (East Asian minnows)
Etymology: Ancherythroculter: Greek, agchi = near + Greek, erythros = red + Latin, culter = knife (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Lin Shu-Yen (1903–1974) was a Chinese ichthyologist who was Director of the Fisheries Experiment Station, Canton (Guangzhou), China in the 1930s. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Issue
This species is tentatively considered a synonym of Ancherythroculter daovantieni (Banarescu, 1967) in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. May 2011: Ref. 86870) following Kottelat (2001: Ref. 44416). Please send references, or more studies are needed.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: Zhujiang River, China.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 125931); max. published weight: 193.00 g (Ref. 125931)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Luo, Y. and Y. Chen, 1998. Cultrinae. p. 112-207. In Chen, Y.-Y. and et al. (Eds). Fauna Sinica. Osteichthyes. Cypriniformes II. Science Press. Beijing. 1-531. (Ref. 33784)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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