Onychostoma alticorpus
Onychostoma alticorpus (common name: Taiwan ku fish) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It can grow to 50 cm (20 in) TL, but commonly only to about half of that.[2][3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Onychostoma |
| Species: | O. alticorpus |
| Binomial name | |
| Onychostoma alticorpus (Ōshima, 1920) | |
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Onychostoma alticorps (Oshima, 1920) [orth. error] | |
Onychostoma alticorpus is endemic to Taiwan where it is known from only five river basins. It is a herbivorous species that occurs in streams. As with other riverine species, its habitat can be threatened by siltation, dam building, and pollution.[3]
References
- Kottelat, M. (1996). "Onychostoma alticorpus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T40699A10352240. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T40699A10352240.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Onychostoma alticorpus" in FishBase. December 2013 version.
- Chen, I. S. (2008). "Threatened fishes of the world: Onychostoma alticorpus (Oshima, 1920) (Cyprinidae)". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 86: 73–74. doi:10.1007/s10641-007-9323-5.
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