Importance:
Cirrhinus chinensis
in USM Engineering Campus
Chinese mud carp
(source: fishbase, Compiled by SSK)
| Cirrhinus chinensis | ||
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
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| Order: | Cypriniformes | |
| Class: | Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) | |
| FB name: | Chinese mud carp | |
| Max. size: | 43.2 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 2,500.0 g | |
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater ; depth range - 5 m | |
| Climate: | tropical; 34°N - 6°S | |
| Global Importance: |
fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial | |
| Distribution: | Asia: China. Introduced into other countries, mostly in Southeast Asia | |
| Diagnosis: | A vertically elongated black patch present behind the opercle. Rostral barbels, 2. Branched dorsal fin rays 11-13.5 | |
| Biology: | Inhabits rivers and feeds on worms, shrimps and detritus | |
| Threatened: | Not in IUCN Red List () , | |
| Dangerous: | harmless | |
| Main Ref: | Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo. 1993. | |