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Xenocypris macrolepis Bleeker, 1871

Yellowfin
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Common names: 大鱗鮰, 大鳞鮰, 銀鮰
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Liu, C., Z. Liu and D. Liang, 1991
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Recorded from the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang River), Huang He River (=Yellow River), and Liao River (Ref. 1441). Also found in the Amur basin and Lake Khanka (Ref. 13397), Zhujiang River (=Pearl River) drainage of Guangdong Province and water systems in Hainan Province (Ref. 33361). Known from Hainan Island Qionghai. Hubei Province:(Jiayu, Honghu, Hanyang, Wuchang); Jilin Province Dunhua. Helongjiang of Liaoning Province; Xingyun Lake of Yunnan Province;. Guangxi province:( Guilin, Yangsu)(Ref.33785). Also Ref. 6158.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Liu, H. and M. He., 1998
National Database:

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Xenocyprididae (East Asian minnows)
Etymology: Xenocypris: Greek, xenos = strange + Greek, Kypris, other name for Aphrodite, proceeding from Cyprus (Kypris), Greek, kyprinos = carp (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bleeker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Asia: Amur southward to Xi Jiang (Ref. 82587), and Viet Nam (Ref. 89724).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 34.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 108469); common length : 10.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35840); max. published weight: 902.00 g (Ref. 108469)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 3 - 9.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Bogutskaya, N.G., A.M. Naseka, S.V. Shedko, E.D. Vasil'eva and I.A. Chereshnev, 2008. The fishes of the Amur River: updated check-list and zoogeography. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 19(4):301-366. (Ref. 82587)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 April 2020

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO(Publication : search) | FishSource |

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Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | BOLDSystems | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | Faunafri | Fishtrace | GenBank(genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | GOBASE | | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Scirus | SeaLifeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia(Go, Search) | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5156   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00871 (0.00736 - 0.01031), b=3.09 (3.05 - 3.13), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.14).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.