Scientific Name	Gobiobotia cheni   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Banarescu & Nalbant, 1966	Depth	1 - 5M
Chinese	陳氏鰍鮀	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯉科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F102　Cyprinidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	臺灣鰍鮀
Max Length	10 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	八鬚鯉、車栓仔(台語)、老公仔
Distribution in World	Taiwan [Endemic in Taiwan]	Distribution in Taiwan	Middle
Habitats	Fresh water	Holotype Locality	Rivers near Taichung, Taiwan
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；臺灣淡水及河口魚類誌(陳&方, 1999)；臺灣淡水魚類-壹 鯉形目(陳＆張, 2005)  Banarescu, P. etc. 1966 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 陳義雄,方力行 1999 陳義雄, 張詠青, 邵廣昭 2005
Specimen List	ASIZP0065473. ASIZP0065711. ASIZP0066722. ASIZP0072269. ASIZP0074896. ASIZP0078975. ASIZP0078976. ASIZP0078977. ASIZP0080544. ASIZP0801327. ASIZP0802003. ASIZP0807294. ASIZP0807295. ASIZP0807472. ASIZP0911327. ASIZP0912003. ASIZP0917294. ASIZP0917295. ASIZP0917472. NMMSTP00367. NMNSF00011. NMNSF00160. NMNSF00269. NMNSF01061. NMNSF01094-A. NMNSF01094-F. NMNSF01283. NMNSF01317. NMNSF01356. NMNSF01467-A. NMNSF01467-F. NMNSF01488. NTHUB00701. NTHUB00703. NTHUB00704. NTHUB00708. NTHUB00711. ...List all 61 records...
Barcode	2012-01-02,張家豪,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100% 2016-01-26,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100% 2016-01-26,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100% 2016-01-27,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100% 2016-07-15,Yung-Chieh,CO1,100%
Common Name	Taiwan eight-barbel gudgeon
Redlist Status	COA, Taiwan Redlist: Critically Endangered    Not in IUCN Redlist      2012 Redlist of Fresh Water Fishes::EN
Characteristic	Head slightly compressed and moderately large. Snout short and blunt. Mouth inferior, arched; two preoral maxillary barbels, reaching or extending over anterior margin of eye; papillae spread among three pairs of chin barbels. Eye moderately large, eye diameter shorter than interorbital distance. Body cylindrical, elongated, posterior laterally compressed; ventral profile horizontal to origin of anal; dorsal slightly arched. Scales moderately small; ventral surface of head, thorax and abdomen naked; lateral line scales complete. L.l.：37-38; dorsal fin rays：3+7; pelvic fin rays：1+7; anal fin rays：3+6; pectoral and pelvic fins laterally expanded; pectoral fins end distant from pelvic fin origin; dorsal fin origin slightly in front of pelvic fin origin; caudal fin forked. Dark grayish dorsally; pale ventrally. Irregularly dark spots along back, a stripe composed of alternate black and silver white above lateral line. Pectoral and pelvic fins canary yellow, others light gray. Resembles to G. kolleri, can be distinguished by ratio of eye diameter to interorbital distance.
habitats	Primary freshwater fish, lives in slightly fast running water with high dissolved oxygen of middle reaches. Benthic, prefers sandy substrate. Polyphagia, feeds on aquatic insects and diatom on rock.
Distribution	Endemic to Tatu River and Choshui River of middle Taiwan.
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