Species in the Yangtze

     n= 233 (Incomplete)
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Species Name Family Habitat Length (cm) Trophic Level Status
Abbottina obtusirostris Gobionidae benthopelagic 10.9 TL 3.2 native
Abbottina rivularis Chinese false gudgeon Gobionidae benthopelagic 18.9 TL 3.3 native
Acanthogobius luridus Gobiidae demersal 6.0 TL 3.2 native
Acanthorhodeus chankaensis Khanka spiny bitterling Acheilognathidae benthopelagic 14.4 TL 2.0 native
Acheilognathus barbatulus Acheilognathidae benthopelagic 8.7 TL 2.2 native
Acheilognathus gracilis Acheilognathidae benthopelagic 5.8 SL 2.3 native
Acheilognathus imberbis Acheilognathidae benthopelagic 8.0 TL 2.3 native
Acheilognathus macropterus Acheilognathidae benthopelagic 27.5 SL 2.0 native
Acheilognathus tabira Acheilognathidae benthopelagic 7.9 SL 2.2 native
Acheilognathus tonkinensis Acheilognathidae benthopelagic 12.2 TL 2.1 native
Acipenser dabryanus Yangtze sturgeon Acipenseridae demersal 250.0 TL 2.0 native
Acipenser sinensis Chinese sturgeon Acipenseridae demersal 346.0 TL 3.5 native
Acrossocheilus kreyenbergii Cyprinidae benthopelagic 15.5 SL 2.7 native
Acrossocheilus monticola Cyprinidae benthopelagic 18.0 TL 2.7 native
Acrossocheilus paradoxus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 22.5 TL 2.7 native
Acrossocheilus yunnanensis Cyprinidae benthopelagic 29.1 SL 2.7 native
Ageneiogarra imberba Cyprinidae benthopelagic 34.5 SL 2.1 native
Anabarilius alburnops Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 29.0 TL 2.6 native
Anabarilius brevianalis Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 12.5 SL 3.2 native
Anabarilius liui Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 27.3 SL 3.2 native
Anabarilius polylepis Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 22.7 SL 3.2 endemic
Anabarilius qionghaiensis Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 26.0 SL 3.2 native
Anabarilius songmingensis Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 10.0 SL 3.1 native
Anabarilius xundianensis Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 27.0 SL 3.2 native
Ancherythroculter kurematsui Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 22.0 TL 3.2 native
Ancherythroculter nigrocauda Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 27.5 SL 3.2 native
Ancherythroculter wangi Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 24.0 TL 3.2 native
Anguilla marmorata Giant mottled eel Anguillidae demersal 200.0 TL 3.8 native
Atrilinea macrolepis Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 10.0 SL 3.1 native
Beaufortia liui Gastromyzontidae demersal 5.6 SL 2.7 native
Beaufortia niulanensis Gastromyzontidae demersal 4.0 SL 2.8 native
Beaufortia szechuanensis Gastromyzontidae demersal 7.3 SL 2.7 native
Belligobio nummifer Gobionidae benthopelagic 14.3 SL 3.3 native
Carassius auratus Goldfish Cyprinidae benthopelagic 48.0 TL 2.8 native
Channa argus Snakehead Channidae benthopelagic 100.0 TL 4.4 native
Channa asiatica Small snakehead Channidae benthopelagic 23.5 TL 3.7 native
Channa maculata Blotched snakehead Channidae benthopelagic 20.0 TL 3.7 native
Chanodichthys dabryi Humpback Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 53.1 TL 3.2 native
Chanodichthys erythropterus Predatory carp Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 102.0 TL 4.4 native
Chanodichthys mongolicus Mongolian redfin Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 100.0 SL 3.3 native
Chanodichthys oxycephalus Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 60.0 SL 3.3 native
Claea dabryi Nemacheilidae benthopelagic 9.9 SL 2.7 native
Clarias fuscus Hong Kong catfish Clariidae demersal 24.5 SL 3.7 native
Cobitis crassicauda Cobitidae benthopelagic 9.6 SL 3.2 native
Cobitis fasciola Cobitidae benthopelagic 10.6 SL 3.3 native
Cobitis sinensis Siberian spiny loach Cobitidae benthopelagic 15.3 TL 3.3 native
Coilia brachygnathus Yangtse grenadier anchovy Engraulidae pelagic 35.4 SL 3.5 native
Coreius guichenoti Gobionidae benthopelagic 58.2 SL 3.5 native
Coreius heterodon Gobionidae benthopelagic 53.0 TL 3.4 native
Culter alburnus Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 92.8 FL 3.3 native
Culter oxycephaloides Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 46.2 SL 3.2 native
Cyclocheilichthys sinensis Cyprinidae benthopelagic 31.5 SL 3.3 native
Cyprinus carpio Common carp Cyprinidae benthopelagic 120.0 TL 3.4 native
Decorus rendahli Cyprinidae benthopelagic 33.0 SL 2.1 endemic
Discogobio yunnanensis Cyprinidae benthopelagic 14.8 SL 2.3 native
Elopichthys bambusa Yellowcheek Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 200.0 TL 3.3 native
Euchiloglanis kishinouyei Sisoridae demersal 19.3 NG 3.2 native
Folifer brevifilis Cyprinidae benthopelagic 40.5 TL 2.7 native
Glyptothorax fokiensis Sisoridae benthopelagic 12.5 SL 3.2 native
Glyptothorax sinensis Sisoridae benthopelagic 34.0 SL 3.3 native
Gnathopogon herzensteini Gobionidae benthopelagic 10.8 TL 3.2 native
Gnathopogon imberbis Gobionidae benthopelagic 22.1 TL 3.3 native
Gnathopogon nicholsi Gobionidae benthopelagic 7.5 SL 3.2 native
Gobiobotia abbreviata Gobionidae benthopelagic 9.0 TL 3.2 native
Gobiobotia filifer Gobionidae benthopelagic 25.5 TL 3.3 native
Gobiobotia longibarba Gobionidae benthopelagic 14.0 TL 3.3 native
Gobiobotia pappenheimi Eightbarbel gudgeon Gobionidae benthopelagic 6.3 TL 3.2 native
Gobiocypris rarus Gobionidae benthopelagic 5.9 SL 3.5 native
Gymnocypris potanini Cyprinidae benthopelagic 15.9 SL 2.9 native
Gymnodiptychus pachycheilus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 60.0 TL 2.9 native
Hemibagrus macropterus Bagridae demersal 54.2 TL 3.6 native
Hemibarbus labeo Barbel steed Gobionidae benthopelagic 67.0 TL 3.5 native
Hemibarbus maculatus Spotted steed Gobionidae benthopelagic 47.0 TL 3.5 native
Hemiculter bleekeri Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 25.2 TL 2.1 native
Hemiculter leucisculus Sharpbelly Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 29.0 TL 2.8 native
Hemiculter tchangi Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 25.1 SL 2.4 native
Hemiculterella sauvagei Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 14.5 SL 3.2 native
Hemisalanx brachyrostralis Salangidae demersal 13.6 TL 3.0 native
Herzensteinia microcephalus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 39.0 TL 2.9 native
Homatula berezowskii Nemacheilidae demersal 13.7 SL 2.7 native
Homatula guanheensis Nemacheilidae demersal 10.9 SL 2.7 endemic
Homatula potanini Nemacheilidae demersal 13.3 SL 2.7 native
Homatula variegata Nemacheilidae demersal 21.0 TL 2.6 native
Homatula wujiangensis Nemacheilidae demersal 2.7 native
Hucho bleekeri Salmonidae benthopelagic 64.0 SL 3.8 native
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix Silver carp Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 120.0 TL 2.0 native
Jinshaia sinensis Balitoridae demersal 15.4 TL 3.3 native
Leptobotia bellacauda Botiidae benthopelagic 8.8 SL 3.2 native
Leptobotia elongata Botiidae demersal 50.0 SL 4.2 native
Leptobotia microphthalma Botiidae demersal 10.0 SL 3.2 native
Leptobotia rubrilabris Botiidae demersal 21.0 SL 3.3 native
Leptobotia taeniops Botiidae demersal 22.8 TL 3.3 native
Lepturichthys fimbriatus Balitoridae demersal 16.1 SL 3.3 native
Liobagrus aequilabris Amblycipitidae benthopelagic 6.2 SL 3.2 native
Liobagrus kingi Amblycipitidae benthopelagic 9.5 SL 3.2 endemic
Liobagrus marginatoides Amblycipitidae benthopelagic 10.2 TL 3.2 native
Liobagrus marginatus Amblycipitidae benthopelagic 12.8 SL 3.3 native
Liobagrus styani Amblycipitidae benthopelagic 10.6 SL 3.2 native
Luciobrama macrocephalus Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 48.0 TL 3.2 native
Macrognathus aculeatus Lesser spiny eel Mastacembelidae benthopelagic 38.0 TL 3.3 native
Macropodus opercularis Paradisefish Osphronemidae pelagic 6.7 SL 3.8 native
Megalobrama amblycephala Wuchang bream Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 200.0 TL 3.3 native
Megalobrama mantschuricus Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 37.7 3.3 native
Metahomaloptera omeiensis Balitoridae demersal 6.0 SL 3.2 native
Micropercops cinctus Odontobutidae demersal 8.0 TL 3.0 native
Microphysogobio chinssuensis Gobionidae benthopelagic 6.4 SL 3.2 native
Microphysogobio exilicauda Gobionidae benthopelagic 7.1 SL 3.2 native
Microphysogobio fukiensis Gobionidae benthopelagic 11.2 TL 3.2 native
Microphysogobio kiatingensis Gobionidae benthopelagic 12.0 SL 3.3 native
Microphysogobio tungtingensis Long-nosed gudgeon Gobionidae benthopelagic 11.5 SL 3.3 native
Microphysogobio zhangi Gobionidae benthopelagic 7.7 SL 3.2 native
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus Pond loach Cobitidae demersal 28.0 SL 3.2 native
Mylopharyngodon piceus Black carp Xenocyprididae demersal 180.0 TL 3.2 native
Neosalanx taihuensis Yangtze icefish Salangidae demersal 9.8 TL 3.0 native
Neosalanx tangkahkeii Chinese icefish Salangidae demersal 8.0 SL 3.0 endemic
Ochetobius elongatus Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 40.0 TL 3.2 native
Odontobutis obscurus Odontobutidae benthopelagic 17.5 TL 3.2 native
Onychostoma angustistomatum Cyprinidae benthopelagic 18.9 SL 2.7 native
Onychostoma barbatulum Taiwan shoveljaw carp Cyprinidae benthopelagic 22.5 TL 2.7 native
Onychostoma barbatum Cyprinidae benthopelagic 17.6 SL 2.7 native
Onychostoma breve Cyprinidae benthopelagic 14.6 SL 2.8 native
Onychostoma lini Cyprinidae benthopelagic 25.3 SL 2.7 native
Onychostoma macrolepis Cyprinidae benthopelagic 26.5 SL 2.7 native
Onychostoma rarum Cyprinidae benthopelagic 29.1 SL 2.7 native
Onychostoma simum Cyprinidae benthopelagic 41.5 SL 2.6 native
Onychostoma virgulatum Cyprinidae benthopelagic 14.6 SL 2.8 native
Opsariichthys bidens Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 26.1 TL 3.2 native
Parabotia banarescui Botiidae benthopelagic 21.4 TL 3.3 native
Parabotia maculosus Botiidae demersal 20.0 TL 3.3 native
Parabramis pekinensis White amur bream Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 55.0 TL 2.0 native
Paramisgurnus dabryanus Cobitidae demersal 21.5 TL 3.3 native
Paraqianlabeo lineatus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 8.1 SL 2.5 native
Parasinilabeo assimilis Cyprinidae benthopelagic 10.9 SL 2.4 native
Pareuchiloglanis sinensis Sisoridae benthopelagic 14.0 SL 3.2 native
Pelteobagrus eupogon Bagridae demersal 25.0 TL 3.4 native
Plagiognathops microlepis Smallscale yellowfin Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 70.0 TL 3.3 native
Planiliza haematocheilus So-iuy mullet Mugilidae pelagic-neritic 80.0 TL 2.5 native
Platysmacheilus longibarbatus Gobionidae benthopelagic 8.1 SL 3.2 native
Procypris rabaudi Rock carp Cyprinidae benthopelagic 56.0 SL 3.5 native
Psephurus gladius Chinese paddlefish Polyodontidae demersal 300.0 TL 4.2 native
Pseudobagrus brachyrhabdion Bagridae demersal 20.7 SL 3.4 native
Pseudobagrus crassilabris Bagridae demersal 32.5 SL 3.5 native
Pseudobagrus fui Bagridae demersal 13.4 SL 3.4 native
Pseudobagrus pratti Bagridae benthopelagic 32.8 SL 3.5 native
Pseudobagrus tenuifurcatus Bagridae demersal 35.0 TL 3.5 native
Pseudobagrus tenuis Bagridae benthopelagic 22.7 SL 3.5 native
Pseudobagrus truncatus Bagridae benthopelagic 26.8 SL 3.5 native
Pseudobagrus vachellii Bagridae demersal 42.3 TL 3.5 native
Pseudogyrinocheilus prochilus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 29.2 SL 2.1 endemic
Pseudohemiculter dispar Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 29.1 TL 3.2 native
Pseudohemiculter hainanensis Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 24.0 TL 3.2 native
Pseudolaubuca engraulis Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 22.0 TL 3.2 native
Pseudolaubuca sinensis Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 29.2 TL 3.2 native
Pseudorasbora parva Stone moroko Gobionidae benthopelagic 12.5 TL 3.1 native
Ptychobarbus kaznakovi Cyprinidae benthopelagic 57.5 TL 2.9 native
Rhinogobio cylindricus Gobionidae benthopelagic 33.1 TL 3.4 native
Rhinogobio hunanensis Gobionidae benthopelagic 20.3 SL 3.3 native
Rhinogobio ventralis Gobionidae benthopelagic 29.5 SL 3.4 native
Rhinogobius cliffordpopei Gobiidae benthopelagic 14.5 TL 3.4 native
Rhinogobius giurinus Gobiidae demersal 12.1 TL 3.2 native
Rhodeus albomarginatus Acheilognathidae benthopelagic 5.8 SL 2.7 native
Rhodeus sinensis Acheilognathidae benthopelagic 10.8 TL 2.5 native
Rhynchocypris oxycephala Chinese minnow Leuciscidae demersal 17.2 TL 3.7 native
Sarcocheilichthys davidi Gobionidae benthopelagic 8.6 SL 3.2 native
Sarcocheilichthys kiangsiensis Gobionidae benthopelagic 17.0 TL 3.3 native
Sarcocheilichthys nigripinnis Rainbow gudgeon Gobionidae benthopelagic 16.0 TL 3.3 native
Sarcocheilichthys parvus Gobionidae benthopelagic 8.7 SL 3.2 native
Sarcocheilichthys sinensis Chinese lake gudgeon Gobionidae benthopelagic 30.0 TL 3.3 native
Saurogobio dabryi Chinese lizard gudgeon Gobionidae benthopelagic 27.3 TL 3.3 native
Saurogobio dumerili Gobionidae benthopelagic 24.0 SL 3.3 native
Saurogobio gracilicaudatus Gobionidae benthopelagic 16.8 SL 3.3 native
Saurogobio gymnocheilus Gobionidae benthopelagic 16.3 SL 3.3 native
Saurogobio lissilabris Gobionidae benthopelagic 10.0 SL 3.2 questionable
Schistura pseudofasciolata Nemacheilidae benthopelagic 7.4 SL 3.0 native
Schizopygopsis anteroventris Cyprinidae benthopelagic 30.5 SL 2.9 native
Schizopygopsis malacanthus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 27.3 SL 2.9 native
Schizothorax chongi Cyprinidae benthopelagic 53.0 SL 2.2 native
Schizothorax cryptolepis Cyprinidae benthopelagic 22.7 SL 2.4 native
Schizothorax davidi Cyprinidae benthopelagic 39.5 SL 2.3 native
Schizothorax dolichonema Cyprinidae benthopelagic 46.6 SL 2.3 native
Schizothorax grahami Cyprinidae benthopelagic 65.0 TL 2.2 native
Schizothorax heterochilus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 36.5 SL 2.3 native
Schizothorax kozlovi Cyprinidae benthopelagic 52.8 SL 2.2 native
Schizothorax labrosus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 31.5 TL 2.4 native
Schizothorax longibarbus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 21.5 SL 2.4 native
Schizothorax microstomus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 25.3 SL 2.4 native
Schizothorax ninglangensis Cyprinidae benthopelagic 16.5 SL 2.5 native
Schizothorax parvus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 14.9 SL 2.5 native
Schizothorax prenanti Cyprinidae benthopelagic 33.5 TL 2.4 native
Schizothorax sinensis Cyprinidae benthopelagic 14.5 SL 2.5 native
Schizothorax wangchiachii Cyprinidae benthopelagic 57.5 SL 2.2 native
Schizothorax yunnanensis Cyprinidae benthopelagic 44.5 SL 2.3 native
Silurus meridionalis Chinese large-mouth catfish Siluridae demersal 114.2 SL 4.2 endemic
Sinibotia superciliaris Botiidae demersal 16.4 TL 3.2 native
Sinibrama longianalis Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 17.2 SL 3.2 native
Sinibrama taeniatus Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 14.8 SL 3.2 native
Sinilabeo hummeli Cyprinidae benthopelagic 19.5 SL 2.3 native
Sinilabeo longibarbatus Cyprinidae pelagic 2.2 native
Siniperca chuatsi Mandarin fish Sinipercidae benthopelagic 70.0 TL 4.4 native
Siniperca roulei Sinipercidae benthopelagic 20.0 NG 3.7 endemic
Siniperca scherzeri Leopard mandarin fish Sinipercidae benthopelagic 37.4 TL 3.9 native
Siniperca undulata Sinipercidae benthopelagic 15.0 TL 3.7 native
Sinocrossocheilus guizhouensis Cyprinidae benthopelagic 7.9 SL 2.5 endemic
Sinocyclocheilus grahami Golden-line barbel Cyprinidae benthopelagic 23.0 NG 2.9 native
Sinocyclocheilus multipunctatus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 20.9 SL 2.9 native
Sinogastromyzon sichangensis Balitoridae demersal 7.4 SL 3.2 native
Sinorhodeus microlepis Acheilognathidae pelagic 5.8 SL 2.3 native
Spinibarbus caldwelli Cyprinidae benthopelagic 32.5 SL 3.8 native
Spinibarbus denticulatus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 41.5 SL 3.3 native
Spinibarbus sinensis Cyprinidae benthopelagic 61.0 TL 2.6 native
Squalidus nitens Gobionidae benthopelagic 9.6 SL 3.2 native
Tachysurus dumerili Chinese longsnout catfish Bagridae demersal 80.4 TL 3.9 native
Tachysurus fulvidraco Yellow catfish Bagridae demersal 34.5 TL 3.5 native
Tenualosa reevesii Reeves shad Dorosomatidae pelagic-neritic 61.6 TL 3.2 native
Toxabramis swinhonis Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 12.0 TL 3.1 native
Triplophysa bleekeri Nemacheilidae benthopelagic 13.1 SL 3.1 native
Triplophysa lixianensis Nemacheilidae demersal 15.0 SL 3.1 native
Triplophysa markehenensis Nemacheilidae benthopelagic 11.9 SL 3.1 native
Triplophysa microps Nemacheilidae benthopelagic 10.7 SL 3.1 native
Triplophysa ninglangensis Nemacheilidae benthopelagic 7.0 SL 3.0 native
Triplophysa obscura Nemacheilidae benthopelagic 14.4 SL 3.1 native
Triplophysa pseudoscleroptera Nemacheilidae benthopelagic 13.9 SL 3.1 native
Triplophysa pseudostenura Nemacheilidae demersal 16.4 SL 3.1 native
Triplophysa robusta Nemacheilidae benthopelagic 15.8 SL 3.1 native
Triplophysa rotundiventris Nemacheilidae benthopelagic 7.6 SL 3.1 native
Triplophysa stenura Nemacheilidae benthopelagic 13.8 SL 3.1 native
Triplophysa stolickai Tibetan stone loach Nemacheilidae benthopelagic 16.2 TL 3.1 native
Xenocypris macrolepis Yellowfin Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 34.6 SL 3.2 native
Xenophysogobio boulengeri Gobionidae benthopelagic 14.4 TL 3.3 native
Xenophysogobio nudicorpa Gobionidae benthopelagic 13.1 TL 3.2 native
Zacco acutipinnis Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 13.0 TL 3.2 native
Zacco chengtui Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 12.0 TL 3.2 native
Zacco platypus Freshwater minnow Xenocyprididae benthopelagic 22.5 TL 3.0 native
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