Onychostoma alticorpus (common name: Taiwan ku fish) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It can grow to 50 cm (20 in) TL, but commonly only to about half of that.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Taiwan Ku Fish being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Disymphia molitorella
- Carpiodes carpio
- Hemibarbus labeo
- Scaphesthes barbatula
- Labeobarbus aeneus
- Spinibarbus hollandi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Onychostoma
- Species
- Onychostoma alticorpus
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