| Culter alburnus | |
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| Museum specimen (living are silvery in colour) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Xenocyprididae |
| Genus: | Culter |
| Species: | C. alburnus |
| Binomial name | |
| Culter alburnus Basilewsky, 1855 | |
| Synonyms | |
Erythroculter ilishaeformis | |
Culter alburnus, thetopmouth culter, is anEast Asianspecies offreshwaterray-finned fishgenusCulter, this belongs to thefamilyXenocyprididae.
Culter alburnus occurs inLake Buir, theOnon andKherlen River drainages in Mongolia, as well as theAmur andRed River drainages inFar East Russia and China, it has also been recorded from Taiwan and Hainan. It can be found in rivers and floodplain lakes which have dense growth ofmacrophytes.[2]
