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Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855) is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. a fish of the genus. Chinese aliases: strip, minnow, sub, white minnow, white fish, blue knife fish, swim diaozi, green scale sub, sharp mouth sub, floating chub, meal strip, meal sub, Sichuan strip sub. Alias in Taiwan: white minnow, meal strip, bitter trough boy, sea chub boy, chili boy. Common names: white plume (female) / red plume (male), bitter trough boy, sea chub boy, chili boy, white stripe, white fish, green scale boy, pointed mouth, floating chub, meal boy, meal fish.

Primary freshwater fish. Higher water quality requirements, faster reproduction, mouth fish, this fish and horse mouth, warble mouth similar in appearance, higher nutritional value, high protein, high nutrition. In the sunny, warmer weather, the most capture, like fishy pasta. It is a common fish at low altitude, and likes to live in groups in the upper layers of streams, lakes and reservoirs. Habitat depth: 0 to 10 meters.

Morphological features

The body is prolonged and laterally compressed, with a straight dorsal margin, a slightly convex ventral margin, and ventral ribs running from below the pectoral fins to the anus. The head is slightly pointed and laterally compressed. Snout short, snout longer than eye diameter. Mouth terminal, obliquely cleft. Eyes large, interoculars wide and slightly convex, their spacing larger than eye diameter. Pharyngeal cephalic teeth 3-rowed, teeth 5.4.2-2.4.4. Body covered with small to medium rounded scales; lateral line complete, sloping sharply downward above pectoral fins, at a significant angle, traveling to lower half of body, then folding upward at caudal peduncle to central part. Dorsal fin hard spines III, branched soft bars 7; anal fin 3 (unbranched soft bars) + 11-12 (branched soft bars). Body greenish gray dorsally, silvery white laterally and ventrally, highly reflective all over, without any other pattern. Caudal fin gray-black. Males are very beautiful during the breeding season when the body turns red and blue colored.

White Striped Bass

Growing Conditions

Primary freshwater fish. It is a common fish at low altitudes, and prefers to live in groups in the upper layers of streams, lakes and reservoirs. It mainly feeds on algae, but also eats higher plant debris, crustaceans and aquatic insects, especially small shrimps in the river. It is especially fond of small shrimps in the river. It has strong fertility and adaptability, and can tolerate more polluted waters.