Assamese kingfish
Appearance
Assamese kingfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | Cyprinion |
Species: | C. semiplotum
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Binomial name | |
Cyprinion semiplotum (McClelland, 1839)
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Cyprinion semiplotum, the Assamese kingfish, is a species of cyprinid fish native to southern Asia where it occurs in fresh waters of India, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar. This species can reach a length of 60 centimetres (24 in) TL. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.[2]
References
- ^ Singh, L. 2010. Cyprinion semiplotum. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine>. Downloaded on 22 January 2014.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cyprinion semiplotum". FishBase. December 2013 version.