| Onychostoma alticorpus | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 2.3) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Onychostoma |
| Species: | O. alticorpus |
| Binomial name | |
| Onychostoma alticorpus (Ōshima, 1920) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Onychostoma alticorps (Oshima, 1920) | |
Onychostoma alticorpus (common name: Taiwan ku fish) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It can grow to 50 cm (20 in) TL, but commonly only to about half of that.
Onychostoma alticorpus is endemic to Taiwan where it is known from only five river basins. It is a herbivorous species that occurs in streams. As with other riverine species, its habitat can be threatened by siltation, dam building, and pollution.
References
- Kottelat, M. (1996). "Onychostoma alticorpus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T40699A10352240. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T40699A10352240.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Onychostoma alticorpus". FishBase. December 2013 version.
- ^ Chen, I. S. (2008). "Threatened fishes of the world: Onychostoma alticorpus (Oshima, 1920) (Cyprinidae)". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 86: 73–74. doi:10.1007/s10641-007-9323-5. S2CID 6971236.
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| Onychostoma alticorpus | |
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