Onychostoma alticorpus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Onychostoma |
| Species: | O. alticorpus
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| Binomial name | |
| Onychostoma alticorpus (Ōshima, 1920)
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Onychostoma alticorps (Oshima, 1920) [orth. error] | |
Onychostoma alticorpus (common name: Taiwan ku fish) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It can grow to 50 cm (20 in) TL, but commonly only to about half of that.[2][3]
Onychostoma alticorpus is endemic to Taiwan where it is known from only five river basins. It is a herbivorous species that occurs in streams. As with other riverine species, its habitat can be threatened by siltation, dam building, and pollution.[3]
References[]
- ^ Kottelat, M. (1996). "Onychostoma alticorpus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T40699A10352240. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T40699A10352240.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Onychostoma alticorpus" in FishBase. December 2013 version.
- ^ a b Chen, I. S. (2008). "Threatened fishes of the world: Onychostoma alticorpus (Oshima, 1920) (Cyprinidae)". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 86: 73–74. doi:10.1007/s10641-007-9323-5.
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