Fishing for Chinese minnow

Rhynchocypris oxycephala

The Chinese minnow is a small, cylindrical freshwater fish with a rounded snout, small scales, and a dark-mottled olive-brown back over pale sides marked by a dark stripe; breeding fish take on reddish and golden tints. It lives in cool, clear, fast-flowing headwater streams of East Asia. Adults reach about 7 inches. It gathers in shoals over gravel and stones. This summary was AI generated

Water type

Freshwater

IUCN Status

Not evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Source: Fishbase

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