Animal Profile IUCN: LC

Percocyprispingi

Percocyprispingi,Big flower fish, leopard flower fish

Jinsha perch carp, Latin name Percocyprispingi, is a precious, rare and unique indigenous fish in Yunnan.Jinsha perch carp juveniles mostly live along the coast of tributaries or main streams, while adult fish swim in the middle and upper layers of open water areas. It is a fast-moving, ferocious fi

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Scientific Name Percocyprispingi,Big flower fish, leopard flower fish

Length About 44 cm

Weight 1-5kg, up to 15kg

Lifespan No verification information

IUCN Status LC

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Jinsha perch carp, Latin name Percocyprispingi, is a precious, rare and unique indigenous fish in Yunnan.

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Jinsha perch carp juveniles mostly live along the coast of tributaries or main streams, while adult fish swim in the middle and upper layers of open water areas. It is a fast-moving, ferocious fish that specializes in preying on small fish. The 3-year-old fish reaches sexual maturity in winter, and the reproductive period is about June. The spawning site is in the rapid water upstream. The spawning time is from February to April every year.

Listed in the second level of China's "National Key Protected Wildlife List".

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Key characteristics, appearance, and habitat information.

Traits & Behavior

A ferocious carnivorous fish, known as the "tiger" of the Jinsha River

Appearance

The body is slightly flattened laterally, the head is relatively large, the front end is relatively pointed, the back of the head is flat and wide, and the back of the head is raised. The mouth is subsuperior, obliquely cleft, and the lower jaw is prominent. There are two pairs of whiskers, and the snout whiskers are slightly shorter than the jaw whiskers. The gill slits are large, and the gill membranes on both sides are very close to each other at the gill septum. The dorsal fin spines are weak, and the rear edge has fine teeth. The scales are small, and the chest and abdomen scales are even smaller, shallowly buried under the skin, and the lateral line is slightly curved downward. The back of the body is blue-gray, and the sides and abdomen are white; most of the scales on the sides of the body have a black edge, so they are connected to form neat straight stripes on the sides of the body, and there are scattered small black spots on the head and back; the dorsal fin, pectoral fin,