''Luciocyprinus langsoni'', the shuttle-like carp, is a species of

cyprinid Cyprinidae is a Family (biology), family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barb (fish), barbs and barbel (fish), barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the ...

in the subfamily

Cyprininae Cyprinae is a subfamily of largely freshwater ray-finned fishes, one of ten subfamilies belonging to the family Cyprinidae. This family comprises the carps, minnows, barbs and related fishes. Genera Cyprinae contains the following recognised ex ...

. It inhabits

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

and

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. It has a maximum length of , a common length of and has a maximum published weight of .

References

langsoni Fish described in 1904 Taxa named by Léon Vaillant Cyprinid fish of Asia Freshwater fish of China Fish of Vietnam {{Cyprinidae-stub