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Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

General
Conservation
Distribution
Photo Gallery
References
General Information
 
Oryzias curvinotus
Rice fish
 
Animal Group: Freshwater Fish
淡水魚類
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Adrianichthyidae
Description: The Rice Fish is a small fish with a flattened and depressed head and a pair of large eyes. Its short dorsal and long anal fins are located at the posterior half of the body. The body is mainly pale yellow with a faint dusky horizontal stripe along the middle line.
Conservation Status
AFCD Assessment
  • Species of Conservation Concern
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Status
  • Data Deficient
Fellowes et al. (2002)
  • Global Concern
Distribution
Distribution in Hong Kong
  • Records from a few streams in North District, Sai Kung and on Lantau Island as well as some reservoirs in North District and Tuen Mun.
Global Distribution
  • Southern China.
Photo Gallery
References
  • Fellowes, J. R. et al. (2002). Wild animals to watch: terrestrial and freshwater fauna of conservation concern in Hong Kong. In Hodgkiss, I.J. (ed.). Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society, No. 19, Hong Kong. pp.123-159.
  • Lam, K. S. (2002). Freshwater Fish in Hong Kong. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Friends of the Country Parks and Cosmos Books Ltd., Hong Kong.
  • 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