Illustrated Guide to River Fish in Chengdu | 成都市河流鱼类图鉴

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Text Chinese. This illustrated guide to river fish in Chengdu records a wide variety of fish species found in the city's rivers. It includes many rare species, such as the Sichuan-Shaanxi taimen and the Chinese paddlefish. Common cypriniformes include grass carp, silver carp, bighead carp, and bitterling, encompassing various subfamilies such as gudgeoninae, bitterlinginae, and breaminae. Siluriformes are also abundant, including catfish, largemouth catfish, and yellow catfish. Other notable species include perciformes such as the bigeye mandarin fish and spotted mandarin fish, goby and swamp goby from the goby family, and the yellow eel from the synbranchiformes. It also records some introduced species, such as the largemouth bass, German mirror carp, and leather catfish. Text Chinese, names in Latin. This guide provides important information on the species and distribution of fish in Chengdu's rivers, contributing to related ecological conservation and research efforts.