Pseudorasbora elongata Wu, 1939
photo by CAFS

Family:  Gobionidae (Gudgeons)
Max. size:  11.7 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: Lijiang River and lower reaches of Changjiang River in China.
Diagnosis:  Body silvery gray and slightly dark with wide black stripes to snout in midlines of body, and 4 vertical black lines above the stripes; small black spots on dorsal and caudal fins and a big black spot on base of caudal fin. Snout pointed and depressed; mouth slit almost vertical; nostril openings small and nearer to eyes than to tip of snout (Ref. 45563).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 18 January 2011 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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