Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855)

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Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855) – Non-native ( Fig. 175)

Culter leucisculus Basilewsky [S.] 1855: 238; Type locality: Rivers flowing into Bay of Tschili [Chihli], Beijing [Peking], China. Syntypes: ZIN 5272 (2).

Squaliobarbus annamiticus Tirant [G.] 1883: [28]; Type locality: River of Hué, Vietnam. Lectotype: MHNL 4200–0041 [3624]. Paralectotypes: MHNL 4200–0042 (4).

Culter balnei Sauvage [H.-E.] 1884: 213; Type locality: Vicinity of Hanoi, Vietnam. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1884–0079 .

Hemiculter kneri Warpachowski [N. A.] 1887: 17; Type locality: Shanghai, China. No types at ZIN.

Hemiculter schrencki Warpachowski [N. A.] in Warpachowski & Herzenstein 1888: 46; Type locality: Fuchow [Fu-Tschau], China. Types: ZIN 7032–33 (1, 1).

Hemiculter kneri Kreyenberg [M.] & Pappenheim [P.] 1908: 362; Type locality: Shanghai and Hankau, China.

Parapelecus eigenmanni Jordan [D. S.] & Metz [C. W.] 1913: 21; Type locality: Suigen, south of Seoul, southern Korea. Holotype: FMNH 55802 [ex CM 4565]. Paratypes: CAS-SU 22392 (1).

Cultriculus akoensis Oshima [M.] 1920: 132; Type locality: Ping-tung [Ako], Taiwan. Holotype (unique): ANSP 49953 .

Hemicultur clupeoides Nichols [J. T.] 1925: 7; Type locality: Tungting Lake, Hunan Province, China. Holotype: AMNH 8433. Paratypes: MCZ 32643 (2).

Kendallia goldsboroughi Evermann [B. W.] & Shaw [T.] 1927: 108; Type locality: Hangchow , China. Holotype (unique): CAS 503 .

Common name: Pr: Tizeh koli, En: Sharpbelly.

Diagnosis: A complete lateral line going downward suddenly at the pectoral fin, forming an angle, then going upward along the anal fin, till the middle of the caudal fin. A sharp and scaleless keel, extending between anal fin origin to the pectoral fin on the mid-ventral surface.

Meristic characters: D: II–III 6–8 (7), A: III 10– 18 (13–14), P: 12–17, V: 8, GR: 17–29, LL: 43–55, TV: 42.

Distribution: Introduced widely everywhere, found in all Iranian basins.

Taxonomy: Berg (1949) placed it in Hemiculter .

Conservation: IUCN: Least Concern (Native population, Thinh et al. 2012), PC: Non-native, Not Applicable.