Culter alburnus, the topmouth culter, is an East Asian species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the cyprinid genus Culter.

Culter alburnus
Museum specimen (living are silvery in colour)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Culter
Species:
C. alburnus
Binomial name
Culter alburnus
Synonyms

Erythroculter ilishaeformis

Geographic distribution and habitat

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Culter alburnus occurs in Lake Buir, the Onon and Kherlen River drainages in Mongolia, as well as the Amur and Red River drainages in Far East Russia and China, it has also been recorded from Taiwan and Hainan. It can be found in rivers and floodplain lakes which have dense growth of macrophytes.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Bogutskaya, N. (2022). "Culter alburnus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T159755674A159755678. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T159755674A159755678.en. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Culter alburnus". FishBase. January 2010 version.


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