Carassioides acuminatus
Carassioides acuminatus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Cyprininae |
Genus: | Carassioides |
Species: | C. acuminatus |
Binomial name | |
Carassioides acuminatus J. Richardson, 1846[2] | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Carassioides acuminatus or black fish is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Carassioides.[2] It is found in central and northernVietnam and the Pearl River and Hainan in China. It may have been introduced into Laos.[1] It occurs in slow flowing rivers with sandy or muddy beds. It has an omnivorous diet, including alga, insect larvae, zooplankton and organic detritus. It is sold in Vietnam for human consumption, where it valued as a food fish, and it is also used in aquaculture.[1]
It is the type species of the genus Carassioides.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Freyhof, J.; Huckstorf, V. & Nguyen, T.H.T. (2012). "Carassioides acuminatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T166152A1115364. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166152A1115364.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Carassioides acuminatus" in FishBase. June 2017 version.
- ↑ Willian Eschmeyer, ed. (2017). "Search results from the Catalog of Fishes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
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