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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Ladislavia taczanowskii

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopteri

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Cyprinidae

Genus

Ladislavia

Species

Ladislavia taczanowskii

📏 True-scale comparison (1 m = 1 m) against a 1.75 m humanLength 15cm

🔍 Zoomed View — Same scale as a credit card & 2.65cm coin

· Grid units represent actual meters (m); human and animals are drawn to the exact same scale with original silhouette aspect ratios preserved.
· When a size range is recorded (e.g. 1–1.6m), the lower bound is used for scale comparison.
· Tachanovsky's gudgeon silhouette: PhyloPic — Carlos Cano-Barbacil · CC0 1.0 (Luciobarbus graellsii)
· Human silhouette: PhyloPic — NASA · Public Domain Mark 1.0

• Length vs. 1.75 m human: 0.09× Compare with other species →

Actinopteri🍂 Omnivore

Tachanovsky's gudgeon

Ladislavia taczanowskii (Tachanovsky's gudgeon · Tachanovsky's gudgeon)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)LC (Least Concern)

DDData Deficient

LCLeast Concern

NTNear Threatened

VUVulnerable

ENEndangered

CRCritically End.

EWExtinct in Wild

EXExtinct

🇰🇷 Class II endangered wildlife (Korea)

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

Omnivore

Length · Height

15cm · No data

Mass · Top Speed

No data · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Rock crevices in upper river reaches and mountain streams, in the Amur and Amnok River basins and around the Imjin and Han Rivers

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 Its maximum length of 15 cm is about half of a 30 cm ruler (Comparison).
💡 It is a fish that feeds on the thin, slippery green film (attached algae) covering stream stones.

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

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📖 1. Overview

Tachanovsky's gudgeon is a freshwater cyprinid fish living in rock crevices of upper river reaches, distributed from the Amur River basin to the Imjin and Han Rivers.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Its body is elongated and laterally compressed, with a rounded snout and one pair of barbels around the snout. During the breeding season, males develop dense white tubercles from the snout to the gill cover.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

It feeds on attached algae on rock surfaces and aquatic insects, and spawns around June. It has a relatively long digestive tract and takes 4–5 years to grow beyond 120 mm in body length.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

It is a Class II endangered wildlife (Korea) species confirmed in the Imjin River, Han River, and Samcheok Osipcheon Stream. It also lives in North Korea's Amnok and Daedong Rivers.