Biology:Carassioides acuminatus

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Short description: Species of fish

Carassioides acuminatus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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 rhombeus Ōshima, 1926
  • Carpio cantonensis Heincke, 1892
  • Carrassioides cantonensis (Heincke, 1892)
  • Cyprinion orientalis Vaillant, 1893
  • Cyprinus acuminatus Richardson, 1846
  • Cyprinus carassioides Richardson, 1846

Carassioides acuminatus or black fish is a species of cyprinid fish in the subfamily Cyprininae.[2] It is found in central and northern Vietnam 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]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Freyhof, J.; Huckstorf, V.; Nguyen, T.H.T. (2012). "Carassioides acuminatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T166152A1115364. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166152A1115364.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/166152/1115364. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Carassioides acuminatus" in FishBase. June 2017 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q6424956 entry