Scientific Name	Culter alburnus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Basilewsky, 1855	Depth	3 - 20M
Chinese	翹嘴鮊	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯉科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F102　Cyprinidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	翹嘴鮊
Max Length	80 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	曲腰魚、翹嘴仔、翹頭仔、總統魚、巴力、翹嘴紅鮊、青木鮊
Distribution in World		Distribution in Taiwan	Middle、South
Habitats	Fresh water	Holotype Locality	Rivers draining to the Gulf of Tschili, China
Synonyms	Culter brevicauda, Culter recurviceps, Erythroculter aokii
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)  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	ASIZP0075187. ASIZP0075188. ASIZP0075189. ASIZP0806663. ASIZP0806664. ASIZP0806665. ASIZP0916663. ASIZP0916664. ASIZP0916665. BMNH1865.10.29.29Lectotype. BMNH1865.10.29.30-32Paralectotype. NMNSF00902. NMNSF00906. NMNSF01181. SU18234.
Barcode	2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100% 2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100% 2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100%
Common Name	Lookup; Grass carp
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist      2012 Redlist of Fresh Water Fishes::LC
Characteristic	Head compressed, roof of head flat. Snout blunt, longer than eye diameter. Eye large; interorbital space narrow and flat. Mouth superior, lower jaw protrudes upward. Barbels absent. Body elongated, slender and compressed, dorsal profile flat; keel extends from pelvic fin origin to anus. Scales small, cycloid, lateral line complete. L.l.：81-88; dorsal fin rays：3+7; pectoral fin rays：1+15-16; pelvic fin rays：1+8; anal fin rays：3+21-24. Dorsal fin origin at midline between snout tip and caudal peduncle end; pectoral fin end distant from pelvic fin origin; pectoral and pelvic fins at lower side of body; anal fin concave; caudal fin forked, lower lob slightly longer than upper. Dark grayish dorsally, silvery white ventrally, all fins dark grayish.
habitats	Primary freshwater fish, prefers slow running and still water at lower and middle reaches, occur in ponds, lakes and large-sized rivers, grow up rapidly. Carnivorous, feeds on small fishes, crustacean and aquatic insects.
Distribution	Extensively distributed Vietnam to Siberia. Used to be found in southwestern Taiwan, some had been introduced to northern drainages.
Utility	Commercial fishery and common food.