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Taiwan ku fish
Onychostoma alticorpus (Taiwan ku fish · Taiwan ku fish)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its maximum standard length of 50 cm is more than one and a half 30 cm rulers (Comparison).
- 💡 Its common length of 25 cm is 4 cm longer than the short side of an A4 sheet of paper (21 cm) (Comparison).
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.
📖 1. Overview
The Taiwan ku fish is a cyprinid fish living in fast-flowing streams of Taiwan and China, with a relatively short and deep body.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its head is short with a convex crown, and its snout is short and conical. Its eyes are small and widely spaced, and its dorsal fin lacks spines.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It inhabits fast-flowing streams and is found in subtropical freshwaters at depths of 0–10 m.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List EN (1996) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40699/10352240
- • IUCN Red List category EN — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — 49RGV
- • iucnredlist.org — 10352240
- • wikidata.org — Q710299
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Specimen of Onychostoma alticorpus.JPG
- • fishbase.se — Onychostoma-alticorpus.html
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Carlos Cano-Barbacil · CC0 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Luciobarbus graellsii)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.