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

Chinese minnow
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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

Suifunskii gol'yan, Hiina koonlepits, 尖头鱥, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | 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 Ekologi

; sötvatten bottenlevande.   Temperate; 10°C - 20°C (Ref. 13614)

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Point map | Utplanteringar | 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.

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.2 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 1441)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 3; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 7 - 8; Taggstrålar i analfenan: 3; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 7.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

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

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduktion | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larver

Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

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)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5156   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00891 (0.00552 - 0.01438), b=3.08 (2.94 - 3.22), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  3.7   ±0.57 se; based on food items.
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Mellan, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 1,4-4,4 år (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).