Overview
Family : Minnows or carps ;
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Czech:
Chramule Vousat, Chramule vousatá
Common Names in English:
Taiwan shoveljaw carp
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
台湾突吻鱼, 台湾铲颌鱼, 台灣突吻魚, 台灣鏟頜魚, 苦偎, 苦花, 鮰魚, 鮰鱼, 齊頭偎, 齐头偎
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
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- Chordates
- Order:
Cypriniformes
()
- Subfamily:
Barbinae
()
- Genus:
Varicorhinus
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- Rüppell, 1836
- Specific name:
barbatulus
- Scientific name: - Varicorhinus barbatulus (Pellegrin, 1908)
- Specific name:
barbatulus
- Genus:
Varicorhinus
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- Subfamily:
Barbinae
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- Order:
Cypriniformes
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- Phylum:
Chordata
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Synonyms
Gymnostomus barbatulus • Gymnostomus barbatulus Pellegrin • Gymnostomus barbatulus Pellegrin, 1908 • Varicorhinus barbatulus • Varicorhinus robustus Nichols • Varicorhinus tamusuiensis Oshima
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Varicorhinus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 15 species and subspecies in this genus:
V. alticorpus (Deep-Body Shovelnose Minnow) · V. barbatulus (Taiwan Shoveljaw Carp) · V. brauni (Sevan Khramulya) · V. capoeta sevangi (Sevan Khramulya) · V. dimidiatus (Blacktop Chiselmouth) · V. leleupanus (Leleup's Carp) · V. nasutus (Colchic Khramulya) · V. nelspruitensis (Incomati Chiselmouth) · V. platystomus (Rwandese Carp) · V. pungweensis (Pungwe Chiselmouth) · V. ruandae (Rwandese Carp) · V. semireticulatus (Colchic Khramulya) · V. stappersii (Whitemargin Lyretail Grouper) · V. stenostoma (Asia Minor Khramulya) · V. xyrocheilus (Razorlip Chiselmouth)
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Further Reading
- Nichols, J.T. (1943). The freshwater fishes of China. Natural history of Central Asia: Volume IX. The American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA, 322 p.
- Shen, S.C. (ed.) (1993). Fishes of Taiwan. Department of Zoology, National Taiwan University, Taipei. 960 p.
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.
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 21 providers.
- 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.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 140634
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-51198
- Fishbase Species ID: 17295
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13765196
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 690230
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 127521
