Animal Profile IUCN: LC

Diptychus maculatus Steindachner

Diptychus maculatus Steindachner,Cucumber fish, stick fish

Diptychus maculatus Steindachner is a small cold-water fish.Diptychus maculatus Steindachner is a small cold-water fish.Diptychus maculatus Steindachner generally lives in the main and tributary water environment. It likes to live in rivers with water temperatures below 20℃. Feeds on benthic organi

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Scientific Name Diptychus maculatus Steindachner,Cucumber fish, stick fish

Length 20-40cm

Weight About 1kg

Lifespan No verification information

IUCN Status LC

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Diptychus maculatus Steindachner is a small cold-water fish.

Diptychus maculatus Steindachner generally lives in the main and tributary water environment. It likes to live in rivers with water temperatures below 20℃. Feeds on benthic organisms and algae. The spotted mullet is more concentrated in deep pools and whirlpools in rivers with slow currents, and its activities are significantly enhanced at night. The species's origin is in Leh, Indus River. Residents in the production area often use hooks to fish it. According to local people, it has a fragrant cucumber flavor after cooking.

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

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Key characteristics, appearance, and habitat information.

Traits & Behavior

A special type of schizothorax fish that has a fresh cucumber flavor when cooked

Appearance

This fish is slender and stick-shaped. The Yili people call it stick fish. The mouth is blunt and round, the upper jaw is protruding, the lower lip is divided into two lobes, the posterior groove of the lip is not connected, and it is in an eight-shaped shape. There is a pair of small whiskers at the corner of the mouth, and the eyes are small. Most fish are scaleless. There are obvious black spots on the head, dorsal side of the body, dorsal fin, and caudal fin. The abdomen is silvery white or light yellow. It is about 20~40 cm long and weighs about 1 kg. It is a cold-water fish. The Yili people use this fish for drying or smoking after catching it, and store it. The flavor is excellent.
The body is slender and slightly cylindrical. The snout is round and blunt, protruding forward. The mouth is inferior. The keratin of the lower jaw is thin and narrow, slightly arc-shaped, and its front edge forms a sharp edge. The lower lip is divided into thin and narrow left and right lobes, wit

Distribution & Habitat

The spotted bream is mainly distributed in the Tarim River and Ili River basins in Xinjiang, and is the main economic fish in the area. It is found in Kazakhstan, India and other places abroad.
It is a small fish, mainly distributed in the former Soviet Union, India and the Ili River and Tarim River system in my country, and lives in rivers and deep caves.

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