Description

This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: mouth terminal and strongly oblique (35–45° to midline of body); presence of maxillary barbels; edge of rostral cap is straight, no medial indent; flank immaculate, no longitudinal stripes; caudal peduncle with small brown spot at the medial insertion of caudal fin; in larger specimen caudal fin with scattered brown spots (Ref. 123185).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Cyprinidae

Genus: Henicorhynchus

Species: Henicorhynchus caudiguttatus (Fowler, 1934)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

benthopelagic