Culter alburnus
| Culter alburnus | |
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| Museum specimen (living are silvery in colour) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Culter |
| Species: | C. alburnus
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| Binomial name | |
| Culter alburnus , 1855
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| Synonyms | |
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Erythroculter ilishaeformis | |
Culter alburnus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Culter.
Geographic distribution and habitat[]
Culter alburnus occurs in Asia in Lake Buir, the Onon and Kherlen drainages in Mongolia, as well as the Amur and Red River drainages in Russia and China, it has also been recorded from Taiwan and Hainan. It can be found in rivers and floodplain lakes which have dense growth of macrophytes.[1]
Footnotes[]
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Culter alburnus" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
References[]
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