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Aphyocypris moltrechti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Suborder: Cyprinoidei
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Aphyocypris
Species: A. moltrechti
Binomial name
Aphyocypris moltrechti
(Regan, 1908)
Synonyms

Pararasbora moltrechti Regan, 1908

Aphyocypris moltrechti, Moltrecht's minnow, is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Taiwan. It was formerly considered to be the only species in the genus Pararasbora. The Endemic Species Research Institute under the Council of Agriculture of the Executive Yuan in Taiwan has enlisted Aphyocypris moltrechti as "precious and rare species" among other endemic freshwater species.

Named in honor of physician-entomologist Arnold Moltrecht (1873–1952), who collected the type specimen.


Aphyocypris moltrechti is distributed in the middle portion of western Taiwan, where they can be found in Tachia River and Tatu River. Their total body length are usually seen from 4 cm to 8 cm.

References

  1. Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Aphyocypris moltrechti (Regan, 1908) Moltrecht's minnow". Fishbase. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. "Endemic Species Research Institute official page". Archived from the original on 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  3. Council of Agriculture official page
  4. "List of endemic freshwater fish species in Taiwan". Archived from the original on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  5. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families LEPTOBARBIDAE, XENOCYPRIDIDAE and TINCIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  6. ^ Pararasbora moltrechti in The Fish Database of Taiwan
  7. Pararasbora moltrechti in FishBase
Taxon identifiers
Aphyocypris moltrechti


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