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Carassius cuvieri in Taiwan
Japanese (white) crucian carp

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Carassius cuvieri   Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Family:	Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)			picture (Cacuv_u0.jpg) by Shao, K.T.
Order:	Cypriniformes  (carps)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Japanese (white) crucian carp
Max. size:	35.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 6898)
Environment:	demersal
Climate:	temperate
Global Importance:	aquaculture: commercial
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Asia: Japan and Taiwan.
Biology:
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Shen, S.C. (ed.). 1993. (Ref. 5193)
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Taiwan country information
Common names:	日本鯽, 鯽仔, 屈氏鯽, 高身鯽		Ref:  Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.), 1999
Status:	introduced		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Importance:	commercial		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Introduced from Japan.
National  Checklist:	Taiwan
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tw.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Shen, S.C. (ed.), 1993
National Database:	The Fish Database of Taiwan
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	Modified:  Froese, Rainer	Entered:  Wang, Shen-Shih

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