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Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
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General Information
Cirrhinus molitorella
Mud carp
Animal Group:
Freshwater Fish
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Cypriniformes
Family:
Cyprinidae
Description:
A median cyprinid with a long, spindle-shaped and laterally compressed body. It has a small head with a ventral mouth bearing 2 pairs of barbels. The caudal fin is deeply forked. Its back is greenish grey while its body is silvery white with a black rhomb shortly behind the pectoral base.
Remark:
Food fish
Conservation Status
Distribution
Distribution in Hong Kong
Not common in streams but occurs in large numbers in many reservoirs and cultivated in fishponds as food fish.
Global Distribution
Southern China and Southeast Asia.
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References
More on Freshwater Fish in HK
Lee, V. L. F., Lam, S. K. S., Ng, F. K. Y., Chan, T. K. T. and Young, M. L. C. (2004).
Field Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Hong Kong.
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Friends of the Country Parks and Cosmos Books Ltd., Hong Kong
Man, S.H. and Hodgkiss, I.J. (1981). Hong Kong Freshwater Fishes. The Urban Council, Hong Kong.
Chen I.S. and Fang L.S. (1999).
The Freshwater and Estuarine Fishes of Taiwan
(in Chinese). National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium, Pingtung.
