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Onychostoma barbatulum

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Onychostoma barbatulum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Onychostoma
Species:
O. barbatulum
Binomial name
Onychostoma barbatulum
(Pellegrin, 1908)
Synonyms

Gymnostomus barbatulus Pellegrin, 1908
Varicorhinus barbatulus (Pellegrin, 1908)

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 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

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  1. ^ a b Cui, K. (2011). "Onychostoma barbatulum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. IUCN: e.T166046A6177548. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T166046A6177548.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Onychostoma barbatulum". FishBase. December 2013 version.
  3. ^ 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.