Onychostoma barbatulum
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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 | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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]
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