Onychostoma barbatulum
Onychostoma barbatulum (common name: Taiwan shovel-jaw carp) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It can grow to 19 cm (7.5 in) SL, but commonly only to about half of that.[2]
| Onychostoma barbatulum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Onychostoma |
| Species: | O. barbatulum |
| Binomial name | |
| Onychostoma barbatulum (Pellegrin, 1908) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Gymnostomus barbatulus Pellegrin, 1908 | |
Onychostoma barbatulum is found in Taiwan and in the Pearl River Basin of southern China. It is a herbivorous species that occurs in fast-flowing sections of rivers.[1] Its populations may be dramatically impacted by typhoon-related disturbance, in one documented case nearly extirpating a local population.[3]
References
- Cui, K. (2011). "Onychostoma barbatulum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T166046A6177548. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T166046A6177548.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Onychostoma barbatulum" in FishBase. December 2013 version.
- Chen, J. P.; Wen, C. K. C.; Meng, P. J.; Cherh, K. L.; Shao, K. T. (2014). "Ain't no mountain high enough: The impact of severe typhoon on montane stream fishes". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 98: 35–44. doi:10.1007/s10641-014-0243-x. S2CID 16104648.
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