Overview
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Family : Minnows or carps ;
Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in Japanese:
Biwa-Higai, ビワヒガイ
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,417 meters (0 to 7,930 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Cypriniformes
()
- Family:
Cyprinidae
()
- Subfamily:
Gobioninae
()
- Genus:
Sarcocheilichthys
()
- Bleeker, 1860
- Specific name:
variegatus
- Subspecies:
microoculus
- Scientific name: - Sarcocheilichthys variegatus microoculus
- Subspecies:
microoculus
- Specific name:
variegatus
- Genus:
Sarcocheilichthys
(
- Subfamily:
Gobioninae
(
- Family:
Cyprinidae
(
- Order:
Cypriniformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Sarcocheilichthys microoculus Mori
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Sarcocheilichthys
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. czerskii (Cherskii's Thicklip Gudgeon) · S. nigripinnis (Rainbow Gudgeon) · S. nigripinnis nigripinnis (Rainbow Gudgeon) · S. sinensis (Eeker) · S. sinensis sinensis (Chinese Lake Gudgeon) · S. soldatovi (Soldatov's Thicklip Gudgeon) · S. variegatus (Emminck and Schlegel)
More Info
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- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino (1984). The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1 (text). Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text), 370 pls.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 13, 2012.
- FishBase
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
- Woodland, David J. (from FishBase).
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2501378
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-56527
- Fishbase Species ID: 24816
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13598382
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 123729
Footnotes
- Mean = 118.550 meters (388.944 feet), Standard Deviation = 142.090 based on 5,749 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
