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Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae Minnows or carps
Subfamily: Acrossocheilinae
Genus: Onychostoma

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23 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Onychostoma alticorpus Taiwan ku fish Asia 50 SL 1920
Onychostoma angustistomatum Asia 18.9 SL 1940
Onychostoma barbatulum Taiwan shoveljaw carp Asia 22.5 TL 1908
Onychostoma barbatum Asia 17.6 SL 1931
Onychostoma breve Asia 14.6 SL 1977
Onychostoma daduense Asia 15.5 SL 1994
Onychostoma dongnaiense Asia 2.0 SL 2015
Onychostoma elongatum Asia 11.5 SL 1934
Onychostoma fangi Asia 29.5 TL 2000
Onychostoma fusiforme Asia 23 SL 1998
Onychostoma gerlachi Asia 31.6 SL 1881
Onychostoma krongnoense Asia 2.4 SL 2015
Onychostoma laticeps Asia 1896
Onychostoma lepturus Asia 23.8 SL 1900
Onychostoma lini Asia 25.3 SL 1939
Onychostoma macrolepis Asia 26.5 SL 1871
Onychostoma meridionale Asia 14 SL 1998
Onychostoma minnanense Asia 12.4 SL 2013
Onychostoma ovale Asia 34.4 SL 1936
Onychostoma rarum Asia 29.1 SL 1933
Onychostoma simum Asia 41.5 SL 1874
Onychostoma uniforme Asia 1978
Onychostoma virgulatum Asia 14.6 SL 2009



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