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Xenocyprididae (East Asian minnows)
Etymology: Chanodichthys: Greek, chanos, -eos, ous, and chasma, -atos = abyss, mouth opened, inmensity + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Claude-Philibert Dabry de Thiersant (1826–1898) was French consul at Hankow (one of the three cities whose merging formed modern-day Wuhan, China) and an amateur naturalist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Bleeker.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate
Asia: Yangtze to Amur basin.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 53.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 114983); common length : 27.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56557); max. published weight: 947.00 g (Ref. 114983)
Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 25 - 26. Linear lateral line. Dark gray in the back, gray in the upper part of the side, silver white in the lower side of the body and stomach (Ref. 33303).
Spawning from June till the first half of July; fecundity 192,000 eggs.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Bogutskaya, N.G. and A.M. Naseka, 1996. Cyclostomata and fishes of Khanka Lake drainage area (Amur river basin). An annotated check-list with comments on taxonomy and zoogeography of the region. Zool. Inst. Russ. Acad. Sci. :89 p. (Ref. 13397)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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