Name:Percocypris tchangi
Alias:Percocypris tchangi
Outline:Freshwater fish
Family:Cypriniformes Cyprinidae Cyprinus
length:15-20cm
Weight:0.5-1kg
Life:5-10years
IUCN:LC
The Latin name of Zhang's perch is Percocypris tchangi, and the specific epithet is taken from the surname of Zhang Chunlin, a famous Chinese ichthyologist.
There was considerable controversy over the classification of Percocypris species, and this species was once considered a synonym of Percocypris pingi retrodorslis. In 2013, researchers Yang Junxing, Wang Mo, and Chen Xiaoyong from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, combined the results of molecular systematics and morphological analysis to revise the classification system of the genus Carp, considering Zhang's Carp and Houbei Carp as valid independent species.
Listed in the second level of China's "National Key Protected Wildlife List" (February 5, 2021).
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