Overview
Family : Minnows or carps ;
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Common Names
Common Names in Czech:
Cejnovec Syrskı
Description
Family Cyprinidae
Distribution: North America (northern Canada to southern Mexico), Africa, and Eurasia . Pharynx with 1-3 rows of teeth, each row with a maximum of 8 teeth. Usually thin lips , plicae or papillae absent; mouth sometimes suckerlike (Garra and Labeo). With or without barbels . Premaxilla usually borders the upper jaw making the maxilla entirely or almost entirely excluded from the gape. Usually protrusible upper jaw. Dorsal fin with spinelike rays in some. Primitive number of chromosomes 2n=50, some with 48; polyploidy exists. Maximum length at least 2.5 m to probably 3 m in Catlocarpio siamensis; many species less than 5 cm. Mainly non-guarders, but in some species males build nests and/or protect the eggs .The family Cyprinidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Cypriniformes. It contains 210 genera and 2010 species. It may be found in Brackish , and Freshwater environments and is primarily Primary freshwater. Many members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. This family may be found from 70° n to 34° s and 150° w to 170° e. Etymology of this family name : Greek, kyprinos = goldfish .
Habitat
Biome: Fresh water , brackish water. Benthopelagic.
Ecology: A benthic
, riverine
species feeding and spawning in slow-moving rivers
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List of Habitats
:5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls
)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Cypriniformes
()
- Family:
Cyprinidae
()
- Minnows and Carps
- Genus:
Acanthobrama
()
- Heckel
- Specific name:
centisquama
- Heckel, 1843
- Scientific name: - Acanthobrama centisquama Heckel, 1843
- Specific name:
centisquama
- Heckel, 1843
- Genus:
Acanthobrama
(
- Family:
Cyprinidae
(
- Order:
Cypriniformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 16-Mar-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Acanthobrama
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 20 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. arrhada · A. centisquama · A. cupida · A. cupido · A. hadiyahensis · A. hulensis · A. kuschakewitschi · A. lissneri · A. marmid · A. marmid elata · A. marmid marmid · A. marmid orontis · A. mirabilis · A. simoni · A. telavivensis · A. telavivensis · A. terrae-sanctae oligolepis · A. terraesanctae (Kinneret Bleak) · A. terraesanctae oligolepis · A. tricolor
More Info
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Further Reading
- Bogutskaya, N.G. (1997). Contribution to the knowledge of leuciscine fishes of Asia Minor. Part 2. An annotated check-list of leuciscine fishes (Leuciscinae, Cyprinidae) of Turkey with descriptions of a new species and two new subspecies. Mitt. Hamb.
- Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert G [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Shwa 13 [1938]. ENG url p. 322.
- Catalogue of the fishes in the Museum / by A. Günther 1868 ENG url p. 322.
- Krupp, F. 1987. Freshwater Ichthyogeography of the Levant. Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients Reihe A 28: 229–237.
Notes
Contributors
- Amaoka, Kunio (from FishBase).
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Crivelli, A.J. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Fisch-Muller, Sonia (from FishBase).
- FishBase 2006.
- Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2486252
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-127379
- Fishbase Species ID: 52601
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 688351
- IUCN ID: 60633
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 101111
Footnotes
- Crivelli, A.J. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
