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Onychostoma barbatulum
Species of fish / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Onychostoma barbatulum | |
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Scientific 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 |
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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]