Overview
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].
Interesting Facts
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:
Fale, Falešná neónka, Falená neónka, Kardin, Kardinálka čínská, Neprav, Nepravá neonka, Tanova rybka, Venu, Venušina rybka, Venuina 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, 唐鱼, 广东细鲫 (潘氏细鲫), 廣東細鯽 (潘氏細鯽)
Common Names in Polish:
Kardynalek chinski
Common Names in Swedish:
Kardinalfisk
Description
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [2].
Ecology:
Inhabits clear, slow-moving brooks
with thick weed
growth.
Feeds
on plankton
, meiobenthos
and larvae of aquatic
insects (Yi
et al.
2004; Chen 2006).
Spawns
several times a year, from March to October, on plants
(Chen
et al. 2004).[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Order:
Cypriniformes
()
- Family:
an water temperature as low as 5¦C.
Feed
()
- Subfamily:
Rasborinae
()
- Genus:
Tanichthys
()
- Freyhof & Herder, 2001
- Specific name:
albonubes
- Lin Shu-yen, 1932
- Scientific name: - Tanichthys albonubes Lin, 1932 Lin Shu-yen, 1932
- Specific name:
albonubes
- Lin Shu-yen, 1932
- Genus:
Tanichthys
(
- Subfamily:
Rasborinae
(
- Family:
an water temperature as low as 5¦C.
Feed
(
- Order:
Cypriniformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Aphyocypris pooni • Aphyocypris pooni Herre • Tanichthys albonubes Lin, 1932
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 11-Aug-1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Tanichthys
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
T. albonubes (White Cloud Mountain Minnow)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url p. 273, p. 98.
- Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 371, p. 691.
- Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents for the year ending June 30. .. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1933-1965. url p. 107, p. 115, p. 128, p. 129, p. 145, p. 147, p. 159, p. 177, p. 92.
- Smithsonian year. 1966 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1965-1976. url p. 139, p. 192.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 153, p. 154, p. 157, p. 158, p. 160.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 424, p. 526.
- The fresh-water fishes of China / by John Treadwell Nichols; with 143 figures in the text, 10 colored plates, and 1 map. 1943 New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1943. url p. 274, p. 279, fig. 34, p. 98, p. 99, p. xv, p. xxix.
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 15, 2012.
- Cui, K. 2011. Tanichthys albonubes. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Randall, John E. (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.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 139704
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-31090
- Fishbase Species ID: 4758
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13850215
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 163764
- IUCN ID: 245262
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 126327
Footnotes
- "Allium tribracteatum". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 232, 268, 269. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Cui, K. 2011. Tanichthys albonubes. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
