Scientific Name
Candidia barbatus    

by: I. S. Chen
Nomenclater (Regan, 1908) 
Family F102  Cyprinidae
Holotype-Locality Taiwan 
Habitats Fresh Water  Economic Fish No 
Habitats Depth 0 - 10 M  Aquarium Fish Yes 
Poisonous Fish No  Edible Fish Yes 
Synonyms Candidia barbata, Opsariichthys barbatus, Zacco barbata, Zacco barbatus   
Reference Shen, S. C. (ed.) (1993). Fishes of Taiwan. Department of Zoology, National Taiwan University, Taipei. 960 p. Tzeng CS (1996). The freshwater fishes of Taiwan. Taiwan Province Department of Education. Taichung. 183 p. Chen IS and Fang LS (1999). The fresh 
Redlist Status Not in IUCN Redlist   
Common Name in Engulish Lake candidus dace 
Chinese Name transliteration syu la, tai wan syu la 
Distribution in Taiwan North、Middle、South、HenChun Semiiland、East 
Distribution in World Taiwan 
Max Lenth  20 cm 
Specimen List  ASIZP0053586. ASIZP0057617. ASIZP0057993. ASIZP0057995. ASIZP0058350. ASIZP0059714. ASIZP0059718. ASIZP0060102. ASIZP0062063. ASIZP0062074. ASIZP0062076. ASIZP0062085. ASIZP0062092. ASIZP0064649. ASIZP0064650. ASIZP0065743. ASIZP0065758. ASIZP0801302. ASIZP0801303. ASIZP0911302. ASIZP0911303. BMNH1909.4.28.30-33Syntype. FRIP03158. FRIP21154. NMMBP02938. NMMBP02939. NMMBP03908. NMMBP03969. NMMBP03992. NMMBP04034. NMMBP04076. NMMBP04829. NMMBP05990. NMMBP05992. NMMSTP00657. NMNSF00040. NMNSF00168. NMNSF00185. NMNSF00252. NMNSF00298. NMNSF00628. NMNSF00630. NMNSF00635. NMNSF00720. NMNSF00722. NMNSF00726. NMNSF00735. ...List all 66... Download 66 records Download 66 records
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Characteristic Head moderately large. Snout short. Eye moderately large. Mouth moderately large and protractile; posterior end of upper jaw reaches anterior margin of eye. Body elongated, compressed; dorsal and ventral profile slightly arched. One pair of tiny mandibular barbels at corner of mouth. Scales small, cycloid; lateral line complete and curved above pelvic fin origin. L.l.：54-57; dorsal fin rays：3+7; pectoral fin rays：1+13-14; pelvic fin rays：1+8; anal fin rays：3+9. Pelvic fin origin at midline between snout tip and caudal peduncle end; pectoral fin end distant from pelvic fin origin; pectoral and pelvic fin at lower side of body; anal fin rays long, the longest reaches caudal peduncle end; caudal fin forked. Dark grayish dorsally, silvery white ventrally. A dark strip on middle side of body from posterior end of operculum to caudal peduncle end. 
Habitats Primary freshwater fish, prefers slow running, clean water with lower temperature. Stay in branches at lower and middle branches, hardly found in trunk stream. The young form schools. Polyphagia. 
Distribution Endemic to western portion of Taiwan, had been introduced to eastern portion. 
Utility Popular with angling and aquarium. 
The information about Characteristic, Habitats and Utility was Prepared By Chin-Tsian Tseng, 12/1/2004