Elopichthys bambusa
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Elopichthys bambusa , engl. Yellowcheek Carp , Kanyu or Predatory Carp, Chinese 鳡 鱼, Russian. Желтощек Zheltoschek, is a large predatory carp species that is found only in East Asia.
distribution
The Yellowcheek Carp occurs in large rivers in eastern China, canton China such as the Amur , Yellow River or Yangtze River . The species is also found in Manchuria and south-eastern Siberia . In Vietnam there are supposed to be populations of it, in Uzbekistan it was introduced.
description
The Yellowcheek Carp is an elongated, streamlined predatory fish with a silvery bluish greenish, sometimes gold-colored, iridescent flanks and a striking yellow spot below the eyes. The mouth is relatively large and has many small teeth. The fish can be up to two meters long and weigh 40 kilograms, a Yellowcheek Carp caught on a fishing rod from Jiangxi Province weighed 42.5 kilograms, in China specimens up to 70 kilograms were caught commercially. At sexual maturity the fish are about 80 centimeters long.
Way of life
The Yellowcheek Carp prefers waters in the temperate climate zone with water temperatures of 10 to 20 ° C and a pH value of 7.0 to 7.5. Yellowcheek Carps prefer to hunt below rapids, at river mouths, on sandbanks and transitions from calm to faster currents. The diet of the Yellowcheek Carp in Liang-Tze Lake in Hubei Province in central China was investigated. It was found that the Yellowcheek Carp has adjusted to a very specific range of prey fish, the most common prey fish species was Erythroculter mongolicus . It was also found that the big carp poses no threat to the typical fish species in the Chinese pond economy .
Systematics
Elopichthys bambusa is the only species in the genus Elopichthys . Leuciscus bambusa , Gymnognathus harmandi , and Nasus dahuricus are synonyms that are no longer used today.
use
The Yellowcheek Carp is used as an edible fish and a popular sport fish among predatory fish anglers. Its existence is considered threatened.
Web links
- Elopichthys bambusa on Fishbase.org (English)
- Elopichthys bambusa inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Endangered Species . Posted by: Huckstorf, V., 2010. Retrieved December 15, 2013.
- Photos of juvenile fish [1]
- Distribution map of Elopichthys bambusa : [2]
- Website about Elopichthys bambusa in Russian: [3]
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Elopichthys bambusa on Fishbase.org (English)
- ^ Fishing World Records
- ↑ On the Food and Feeding Habits of Elopichtys bambusa in Liang-Tzse Lake at http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-SSWX195903002.htm
- ↑ Khalid Abbas, Xiaoyun Zhou, Yang Li, Zexia Gao and Weimin Wang: Microsatellite diversity and population genetic structure of yellowcheek, Elopichthys bambusa (Cyprinidae) in the Yangtze River doi : 10.1016 / j.bse.2010.08.003
- ↑ http://flyfishingrussia.blogspot.com/2009/03/yellowcheek-elopichthys-bambusa.html