Osteochilus salsburyi belongs to the order Cypriniformes, family Cyprinidae, subfamily Osteochilus, and genus Osteochilus salsburyi. Commonly known as: earth dog crucian carp, earth belly fish, false dace, meat dace, stone dace.
The sides of the body are flat, the abdomen is round, the head is short, the snout is protruding, the mouth is small, lower, and horseshoe-shaped. The lips are well developed, separated from the upper and lower jaws, and rolled outward on both sides, exposing the obvious diagonal cortical folds on the inner surface of the lips; the inner skin folds in the middle of the lower lip are broken into multiple rows of pointed papillae. The lower jaw has a thin horny edge; there are 2 pairs of barbels, and the jaw barbels are slightly longer. The dorsal fin has no spines, the base is longer, and the caudal fin is bifurcated. The body is gray-white, with a deep back and a shallow belly. There is often an inconspicuous vertical strip on the side of the body near the tail stalk.
The gourami likes to live in small rivers and streams, but can also live in still water. Miscellaneous food habits.
The striped lip fish is distributed in the Pearl River, Minjiang River, Jiulong River, Yuanjiang and other water systems as well as Hainan Island. It is a small economic fish in streams in southern my country. Common individuals are 8-16 cm long.
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