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Elopichthys bambusa (Richardson, 1845)
Yellowcheek
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Xenocyprididae (East Asian minnows)
Etymology: Elopichthys: Greek, ellops = a kind of serpent + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Richardson.
Etymology: Elopichthys: Greek, ellops = a kind of serpent + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Richardson.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 7.0 - 7.5; dH range: 10 - 20; potamodromous (Ref. 51243). Temperate; 10°C - 20°C (Ref. 13614)
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Asia: Eastern Asia from the Amur basin to the Red (Coi) River.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 89.9, range 66 - 105 cm
Max length : 200 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4537); max. published weight: 40.0 kg (Ref. 56557)
Max length : 200 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4537); max. published weight: 40.0 kg (Ref. 56557)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
A food fish for humans (Ref. 4537).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
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Bogutskaya, N.G. and A.M. Naseka, 1996. Cyclostomata and fishes of Khanka Lake drainage area (Amur river basin). An annotated check-list with comments on taxonomy and zoogeography of the region. Zool. Inst. Russ. Acad. Sci. :89 p. (Ref. 13397)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 31 March 2020
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
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