Scientific Name	Cirrhinus molitorella   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Valenciennes, 1844)	Depth	0 - 20M
Chinese	鯁	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯉科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F102　Cyprinidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	鯪
Max Length	55 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鯪、青鱗魚、土鯪、鯪公、鯪魚、鯪仔魚、花鯪仔
Distribution in World	China	Distribution in Taiwan	North、Middle、South、HenChun Semiiland
Habitats	Fresh water	Holotype Locality	China
Synonyms	Cirrhina chinensis, Cirrhina molitorella, Cirrhinus chinensis, Cirrhinus macrosemion, Cirrhinus melanostigma, Cirrhinus mrigala prosemion, Cirrhinus mulitorella, Cirrhinus multitorella, Cirrhinus prosemion, Cirrhinus spilopleura, Labeo collaris, Labeo garnieri, Labeo jordani ...all 23..
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；臺灣淡水及河口魚類誌(陳&方, 1999)；福建魚類誌(朱等, 1985)  朱元鼎 編 1985 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 陳義雄,方力行 1999
Specimen List	ASIZP0054506. ASIZP0059350. ASIZP0074974. ASIZP0806521. ASIZP0916521. FMNH59089Lectotype. FRIP00057. FRIP00267. FRIP00268. FRIP00269. NMMBP04238. NMMBP04259. NMMBP04282. NMMBP04959. NMMBP04999. NMMSTP00466. NTMP0176. NTUM00421. NTUM00422. NTUM00423. NTUM00463. NTUM01926. NTUM01927. NTUM01928. NTUM03316. NTUM04982. NTUM07548. SU18302. SU49357. USNM00084168Holotype. USNM00191277. USNM00200289.
Barcode	2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100%
Common Name	White lady carp; Mud carp
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Head small, slightly pointed. Snout short, blunt, protractile. Eye moderately small. Mouth small, inferior; margins of upper and lower jaws covered by horny sheath. Body elongated, slightly compressed, belly rounded; dorsal profile slightly arched. Two pairs of barbels, maxillary barbels longer than mandibular barbels at corner of mouth. Scales moderately large, cycloid; lateral line complete. L.l.：37-40; predorsal scales：13; dorsal fin rays：3+12-13; anal fin rays：3+5; pectoral fin rays：1+15-16; pelvic fin rays：1+8. Pectoral fin end distant from pelvic fin origin; pectoral and pelvic fins at lower side of body; caudal fin forked, upper lob slightly longer than upper. Olive grayish dorsally, side and belly silvery white.
habitats	Primary freshwater fish, wild populations occur in running water with higher temperature of large-sized rivers, form schools. Polyphagia, feeds on water vegetation and aquatic insects.
Distribution	Distributed to Vietnam and southern China, populations of Taiwan were introduced.
Utility	Commercial aquaculture. Common food.