Common names:
Chinese fighting fish, Fa sau gun, Paradise fish
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
freshwater
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Occur in streams, paddy fields, and ditches. Can colonize water bodies with very low oxygen content (Ref. 5258). Reported from the Tung Chung and Mui Wo streams in Lantau Island; Lam Tsuen river, Shap Sz Heung stream, and Plover Cove Reservoir in New Territories (Ref. 129476).
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Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/hk.html
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Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Man, S.H. and I.J. Hodgkiss, 1981
National Database: