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Threatened fishes of the world: Onychostoma alticorpus (Oshima, 1920) (Cyprinidae)

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The conservation status, species identification, distribution, specific habitat and ecology of a threatened, endemic cyprinid fish, Onychostoma alticorpus (Oshima 1919) is reported herein. It is merely found in five river basins of Taiwan. The protection of natural habitat would be very essential.

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  1. Institute of Marine Biology and Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202, Taiwan, Republic of China

    I-Shiung Chen

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Chen, IS. Threatened fishes of the world: Onychostoma alticorpus (Oshima, 1920) (Cyprinidae). Environ Biol Fish 86, 73–74 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-007-9323-5

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