Aspiolucius esocinus
Aspiolucius esocinus or the pike asp is a species of cyprinid fish native to rivers (Amu Darya and Syr Darya) and occasionally lakes in Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. This species can reach a length of 50 centimetres (20 in) TL.[2]
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| A. esocinus on a Kazakhstani postage stamp | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Alburninae |
| Genus: | Aspiolucius Berg, 1907 |
| Species: | A. esocinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aspiolucius esocinus (Kessler, 1874) | |
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References
- Birstein, V. (Sturgeon Specialist Group) 2000. Aspiolucius esocinus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine>. Downloaded on 22 June 2013.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Aspiolucius esocinus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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