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Tanichthys albonubes

(White Cloud Mountain Minnow)

Overview

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Family : Minnows or carps ; Can water temperature as low as 5¦C. Feeds on zooplankton and detritus . Aquarium keeping: in groups of 5 or more individuals; minimum aquarium size 60 cm[1].

Common Names

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Common Names in Cantonese:

Bak Wan Gam Si, Bak Wan San Ue, Hung Mei Ue

Common Names in Chinese:

Bak Wan Gam Si, Bak Wan San Ue, Hung Mei Ue

Common Names in Czech:

Falešná Neónka, FaleÅ¡ná Neónka, Falešná Neónka, Kardinálka Cínská, Kardinálka Cínská, Kardinálka Äínská, Nepravá Neonka, Nepravá Neonka, Tanova Rybka, Venušina Rybka, VenuÅ¡ina Rybka, Venušina Rybka

Common Names in Danish:

Skybjergfisk

Common Names in English:

Canton Danio, Chinese Danio, White Cheeked Shark, White Cloud, White Cloud Minnow, White Cloud Mountain Fish, White Cloud Mountain Minnow

Common Names in Finnish:

Kardinaalikala

Common Names in German:

Kardinalfisch

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

唐魚, 廣東細鯽 (潘氏細鯽), å”é­š, å”é±¼, 广东细鲫 (潘æ°ç»†é²«), 廣æ±ç´°é¯½ (潘æ°ç´°é¯½)

Common Names in Polish:

Kardynalek Chinski

Common Names in Swedish:

Kardinalfisk

Description

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Family Cyprinidae

Distribution: North America (northern Canada to southern Mexico), Africa, and Eurasia . Pharynx with 1-3 rows of teeth, each row with a maximum of 8 teeth. Usually thin lips , plicae or papillae absent; mouth sometimes suckerlike (Garra and Labeo). With or without barbels . Premaxilla usually borders the upper jaw making the maxilla entirely or almost entirely excluded from the gape. Usually protrusible upper jaw. Dorsal fin with spinelike rays in some. Primitive number of chromosomes 2n=50, some with 48; polyploidy exists. Maximum length at least 2.5 m to probably 3 m in Catlocarpio siamensis; many species less than 5 cm. Mainly non-guarders, but in some species males build nests and/or protect the eggs .The family Cyprinidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Cypriniformes. It contains 210 genera and 2010 species. It may be found in Brackish , and Freshwater environments and is primarily Primary freshwater. Many members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. This family may be found from 70° n to 34° s and 150° w to 170° e. Etymology of this family name : Greek, kyprinos = goldfish .

Habitat

Biome: Fresh water . Demersal .

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Aphyocypris pooni Herre, 1939

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 08-Nov-1994

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Tanichthys

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:

T. albonubes (White Cloud Mountain Minnow) · T. micagemmae · T. thacbaensis

More Info

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. "Allium tribracteatum". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 232, 268, 269. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
Last Revised: 7/2/2009