Scientific Name	Hemibarbus labeo   Pronounce			by: Katsutoshi Watanabe, Keiichiro Iguchi, Mikumi Takada, ChingYi Chen and Nian-Hong Jang-Liaw
Author	(Pallas, 1776)	Depth	5 - 20M
Chinese	唇䱻	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯉科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F102　Cyprinidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	唇䱻
Max Length	40 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	竹篙頭、䱻、真口魚、竹竿頭
Distribution in World	East Asia Continent、Taiwan	Distribution in Taiwan	North
Habitats	Fresh water	Holotype Locality	Transbaikalia, Dauria; Onon River, Russia [Upper Lena River, Selenge and Upper Amur River]
Synonyms	Acanthogobio oxyrhynchus, Barbus labeo, Barbus schlegelii, Cyprinus labeo, Gobio barbus, Gobiobarbus labeo, Hemibarbus barbus, Hemibarbus longianalis, Pseudogobio chaoi
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	ASIZP0057280. ASIZP0059357. ASIZP0060305. ASIZP0072628. ASIZP0072629. ASIZP0072630. ASIZP0074371. ASIZP0805311. ASIZP0805312. ASIZP0805313. ASIZP0915311. ASIZP0915312. ASIZP0915313. BMNH1865.5.2.14Syntype. NMMBP04500. NMMBP05456. NMMBP05980. NMMBP06624. NMMBP06624B. NMMBP06664. NMMSTP00716. NMNSF00075. NMNSF00529. NMNSF00642. NMNSF00750. NMNSF00778. NMNSF01053. NMNSF01369. NTHUB01934. NTHUB01975. NTHUB01984. NTHUB01995. NTMP0694. NTUM00371. NTUM01943. NTUM01949. NTUM01950. ...List all 49 records...
Barcode	2011-10-03,張家豪,CO1,100% 2011-10-03,張家豪,CO1,100% 2011-10-03,張家豪,CO1,100%
Common Name	Skin-carp; Steed; Amur barbel; Barbel steed
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist      2012 Redlist of Fresh Water Fishes::LC
Characteristic	Head large. Snout long. Eye moderately large, on upper side of head, interorbital space broad. Mouth moderately large, inferior, broad; lips thick. Body elongated, slightly compressed, belly rounded; dorsal profile slightly arched; ventral profile horizontal to anus. One pair of maxillary barbels at corner of mouth. Scales cycloid; lateral line complete. L.l.：44-48; dorsal fin rays：III, 7-8; pectoral fin rays：1+17-18; pelvic fin ray：1+8; anal fin rays：3+6. Pelvic 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; caudal fin forked; anus close to anal fin origin. Olive dorsally, side and belly silvery white. Irregular spots along back and 8-10 spots in a row on side of the young, disappeared when grow up.
habitats	Primary freshwater fish, prefers deep pools with running water at lower and middle reaches, form schools. Carnivorous, feed on shrimps and aquatic insects.
Distribution	Wildly distributed to eastern Asia, from Vietnam to Russia. In Taiwan, its’ habitats are limited, can be found only in Tanshui River and Touchien River.
Utility	Popular with angling. One of the biggest fishes of Taiwan.