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Freshwater Organisms in Pixels Fish of the Amur River List of fish

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Acheilognathus asmussii Dybowski, 1872 Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Amur spiny bitterling crucian carp

Korean name Mongolian name Sample number Korean name Mongolian name Sample number
Хатгуурт харваа загас NNIBR-P11511 붕어 Алтлаг хэлтэг NNIBR-P11598

Form Form
Dorsal and anal fins are with spiny rays and dorsal fin long. In upper jaw of adult have a pair of vestigial The cruciian carp is a deep bodied. Body color is yellowish brown, scales edges are dark. More pointed
barbels. Back is grayish brown, on side is silvery, sometimes bluish. Scales are light gold. Pelvic fins snout. Dorsal fin is long and concave in shape. Dorsal and anal fins with serrate bony spines, pelvic fins
have goldish spots. Head small. Mouth terminal. Near the caudal fin have grayish stripe. Dorsal fin short, broad and thoracic. Scales large, setting deeply. Mouth terminal. Caudal fin more deeply forked.
rays iii 16-19. Anal fin rays iii 12-14. The pharyngeal teeth are in a single row, usually 4-4. Lateral line The pharyngeal teeth are in a single row, usually 4-4. Dorsal fin rays iii 14-20. Anal fin rays iii 4-7. Gill
complete, with 36-39 scales. rakers 44-52. Lateral line complete, with 29-31 scales.
Distribution Distribution
In Mongolia: Kherlen, Onon and Khalkh drainages, and Lake Buir. Outside Mongolia: Amur drainage in In Mongolia: Kherlen drainages, and Lake Buir. Outside Mongolia: East Asia, China, Korea and Japan.
Russia and China.
Ecological characteristics
Ecological characteristics Warm water species. Body length reach up to 48 cm length. Spawning season is from May to July.
It lives in rivers with sandy bottom and a moderate current and also in lakes. Maximum body length is The crucian carp are omnivores. Can strongly tolorate low oxygen concentration and pollution. Usually
about 16 cm. Spawning from May to July. When spawning, female lay eggs inside mussels. They feed inhabit shallow waters, near shores of lake with heavy growths of aquatic vegetation.
on algae and aquatic plants.

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