Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Xenocyprididae (East Asian minnows)
Etymology: Culter: Latin, culter = knife (Ref. 45335).

Freshwater; benthopelagic; temperate.

Asia: Lake Buir, Onon and Kherlen drainages in Mongolia; Amur to Red River drainages, Taiwan and Hainan.

Maturity: L_m ?, range 20 - ? cm
Max length: 92.8 cm FL male/unsexed (Ref. 93874); common length: 28.0 cm NG male/unsexed (Ref. 35840); max. published weight: 600.00 g (Ref. 56557).

Inhabits rivers (Ref. 1441, 26334), floodplain lakes which are overgrown with aquatic macrophytes (Ref. 41072).

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)

  Least Concern (LC); date assessed: March 31 2020

Not Evaluated

Not Evaluated

  Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00646 (0.00534 - 0.00780), b=3.08 (3.03 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=3-4).

Fishing vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (62 of 100).

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 0 [0, 0] mg/100g; Iron = 0 [0, 0] mg/100g; Protein = 0 [0, 0] %; Omega3 = 0 [0, 0] g/100g; Selenium = 0 [0, 0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 [0, 0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0 [0, 0] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.