Epalzeorhynchos bicolor

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Critically Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Tens of thousands of specimens are exported annually from Thailand for the ornamental trade, all now captive bred[2].

Aquarium keeping: solitary, adults are territorial and may 'bully' other fish;

Ecology: This fish inhabits lowland streams with rocky or sand gravel bottoms . [3].

List of Habitats :

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
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Biology

Diet

Feeds on worms, crustaceans, insects and plant matter[4].

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Epalzeorhynchos bicolor • Epalzeorhynchus bicolor • Epalzeorhynchus bicolor (Smith • Epalzeorhynchus bicolor (Smith, 1931) • Labeo bicolor Smith • Labeo bicolor Smith, 1931

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 11-Feb-1999

Similar Species

Members of the genus Epalzeorhynchos

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:

E. bicolor (Red-Tailed Black Shark) · E. bicornis (Bihorned Barbel) · E. coatesi (Whitetail Sharkminnow) · E. frenatum (Whitetail Sharkminnow) · E. kallopterus (Whitetail Sharkminnow) · E. kalopterus (Flying Fish) · E. munense (Red Filament Threadfin Bream)

More Info

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Further Reading

• Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
• IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).
• Kottelat, M. and Whitten, A.J. 1996. Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi: additions and corrections. Periplus Editions, Hong Kong.
• Kottelat, M. and Whitten, T. 1996 Freshwater biodiversity in Asia, with special reference to fish. World Bank Technical Paper No. 343.
• Mills, D. and G. Vevers (1989). The Tetra encyclopedia of freshwater tropical aquarium fishes. Tetra Press, New Jersey. 208 pp.
• Yang, J.-X. and Winterbottom, R. 1998. Phylogeny and zoogeography of the cyprinid genus Epalzeorhynchos Bleeker (Cyprinidae: Ostariophysi). Copeia 1:48-63.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Kottelat, M. 1996. Epalzeorhynchos bicolor. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Kottelat, M. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• McEachran, John (from FishBase).
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Vidthayanon, C. 2011. Epalzeorhynchos bicolor. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• Senckenberg: Collection Pisces

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 126492
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-27952
• Fishbase Species ID: 10835
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14155180
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 639588
• IUCN ID: 207610
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4747

Footnotes

1. "Minuartia austromontana". in Flora of North America Vol. 5. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Kottelat, M. and T. Whitten (1996). Freshwater biodiversity in Asia, with special reference to fish. World Bank Tech. Pap. 343:59 p. [back]
3. Vidthayanon, C. 2011. Epalzeorhynchos bicolor. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
4. Mills, D. and G. Vevers (1989). The Tetra encyclopedia of freshwater tropical aquarium fishes. Tetra Press, New Jersey. 208 pp. [back]

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