Aspiolucius esocinus
Appearance
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A. esocinus on a Kazakhstani postage stamp | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Alburninae |
Genus: | Aspiolucius Berg, 1907 |
Species: | A. esocinus
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Binomial name | |
Aspiolucius esocinus (Kessler, 1874)
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Aspiolucius esocinus or the pike asp is a species of cyprinid fish native to rivers (Amu Darya and Syr Darya) and occasionally lakes in Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. This species can reach a length of 50 centimetres (20 in) TL.[2]
References
- ^ Birstein, V. (Sturgeon Specialist Group) 2000. Aspiolucius esocinus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine>. Downloaded on 22 June 2013.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aspiolucius esocinus". FishBase. April 2013 version.