Culter alburnus, the topmouth culter, is an East Asian species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the cyprinid genus Culter.
| Culter alburnus | |
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| Museum specimen (living are silvery in colour) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Culter |
| Species: | C. alburnus
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| Binomial name | |
| Culter alburnus Basilewsky, 1855
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| Synonyms | |
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Erythroculter ilishaeformis | |
Geographic distribution and habitat
editCulter alburnus occurs in Lake Buir, the Onon and Kherlen River drainages in Mongolia, as well as the Amur and Red River drainages in Far East Russia and China, it has also been recorded from Taiwan and Hainan. It can be found in rivers and floodplain lakes which have dense growth of macrophytes.[2]
References
edit- ^ Bogutskaya, N. (2022). "Culter alburnus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T159755674A159755678. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T159755674A159755678.en. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2010). "Culter alburnus" in FishBase. January 2010 version.
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