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Chanodichthys mongolicus (Basilewsky, 1855)

Mongolian redfin
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Viet Nam country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from northern Vietnam (Ref. 44416).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/vm.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kottelat, M., 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Xenocyprididae (East Asian minnows)
Etymology: Chanodichthys: Greek, chanos, -eos, ous, and chasma, -atos = abyss, mouth opened, inmensity + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).

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

; agua dulce bentopelágico; pH range: ? - 7.0; dH range: ? - 20.   Subtropical; 10°C - 20°C (Ref. 2059)

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Asia: Lake Buir, Onon and Kherlen drainages in Mongolia; Amur and Yangtze drainages.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 35.0, range 30 - 50 cm
Max length : 100.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 1441); peso máximo publicado: 4.0 kg (Ref. 56557); edad máxima reportada: 10 años (Ref. 56557)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 3; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 7; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 20 - 21. Lateral line in the middle of the body, straight. Greenish gray in the back and silver white in the stomach. Anal, pectoral, and pelvic fins are orange colored (Ref. 33303).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Spawns in June; Eggs are pelagic.

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

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)


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