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Also known as Hemiculter leucisculus

The sharpbelly or wild carp, sharpbelly, or common sawbelly (Hemiculter leucisculus), is a tropical freshwater and brackish water fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae. It originates in large streams and reservoirs in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, and the Amur River basin. It has become established as an exotic species in several other countries, including Iran, Afghanistan, and the former Soviet Union, where it has displaced local species. It was originally described as Culter leucisculus by S. Basilewsky in 1855, and has also been referred to as Chanodichthys leucisculus an

Species

Least Concern

Species

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassTeleostei
  3. OrderCypriniformes
  4. FamilyCyprinidae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater

via IUCN

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Hemiculter
Image
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short name
H. leucisculus
taxon rank
species
taxon name
Hemiculter leucisculus
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
taxon common name
taxon range
Yangtze
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