Oreonectes_elongatus

<i>Oreonectes elongatus</i>

Oreonectes elongatus

Species of fish

Oreonectes elongatus is a species of cyprinid of the genus Oreonectes.[1] It inhabits Guangxi, China and has 9 dorsal soft rays, 7 anal soft rays and 38 or 39 vertebrae.[1] Unsexed males have a maximum length of 7.8 centimetres (3.1 in) and it is considered harmless to humans.[1] It has not been evaluated on the IUCN Red List and was described by Tang, Zhao and Zhang in 2012.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2021). "Oreonectes elongatus" in FishBase. July 2021 version.
  2. [2]
    Tang, L.; Zhao, Y. & Zhang, C. (2012). "A new blind loach, Oreonectes elongatus sp. nov. (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) from Guangxi, China". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 93 (4): 483–490.


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