Description

With wide mouth, width about 1.5 times in maximum head width; adults without barbels; last simple dorsal ray strong and serrated posteriorly (in specimens over about 10 cm SL); caudal peduncle 1.7-2.7 times longer than deep (Ref. 43281).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Cyprinidae

Genus: Onychostoma

Species: Onychostoma gerlachi (Peters, 1881)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Adults live in rapid current of mountain streams.

Habitat

benthopelagic