Aspiolucius esocinus

Aspiolucius esocinus
A. esocinus on a Kazakhstani postage stamp
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Aspiolucius
Species: A. esocinus
Binomial name
Aspiolucius esocinus
(Kessler, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Aspius esocinus Kessler, 1874

Aspiolucius esocinus or the pike asp is a species of cyprinid fish native to rivers (Amu Darya and Syr Darya) and occasionally lakes in Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. This species can reach a length of 50 centimetres (20 in) TL.[2]

References

  1. Birstein, V. (Sturgeon Specialist Group) 2000. Aspiolucius esocinus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.>. Downloaded on 22 June 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Aspiolucius esocinus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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