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Gobiobotia Homalopteroidea
''Gobiobotia homalopteroidea'' is a species of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte .... It is endemic to the Yellow River in China. References * Gobiobotia Fish described in 1933 {{cyprinidae-stub ...
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Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest vertebrate animal family in general with about 3,000 species, of which only 1,270 remain extant, divided into about 370 genera. Cyprinids range from about 12 mm in size to the giant barb (''Catlocarpio siamensis''). By genus and species count, the family makes up more than two-thirds of the ostariophysian order Cypriniformes. The family name is derived from the Greek word ( 'carp'). Biology and ecology Cyprinids are stomachless fish with toothless jaws. Even so, food can be effectively chewed by the gill rakers of the specialized last gill bow. These pharyngeal teeth allow the fish to make chewing motions against a chewing plate formed by a bony process of the skull. The pharyngeal teeth are unique to each species and are used ...
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Yellow River
The Yellow River or Huang He (Chinese: , Mandarin: ''Huáng hé'' ) is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the sixth-longest river system in the world at the estimated length of . Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai province of Western China, it flows through nine provinces, and it empties into the Bohai Sea near the city of Dongying in Shandong province. The Yellow River basin has an east–west extent of about and a north–south extent of about . Its total drainage area is about . The Yellow River's basin was the birthplace of ancient Chinese, and, by extension, Far Eastern civilization, and it was the most prosperous region in early Chinese history. There are frequent devastating floods and course changes produced by the continual elevation of the river bed, sometimes above the level of its surrounding farm fields. Etymology Early Chinese literature including the '' Yu Gong'' or ''Tribute of Yu'' dating to the ...
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Gobiobotia
''Gobiobotia'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in eastern Asia. Species are typically small bottom dwellers. Species There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus: * '' Gobiobotia abbreviata'' P. W. Fang & Ki. Fu. Wang, 1931 * ''Gobiobotia brevibarba'' T. Mori, 1935 * '' Gobiobotia brevirostris'' Yi-Yu Chen & W. H. Cao, 1977 * '' Gobiobotia cheni'' Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1966 * ''Gobiobotia filifer'' (Garman, 1912) * ''Gobiobotia guilingensis'' Yi-Yu Chen, 1989 * '' Gobiobotia homalopteroidea'' Rendahl ( de), 1932 * ''Gobiobotia jiangxiensis'' E. Zhang & H. Z. Liu, 1995 * ''Gobiobotia kolleri'' Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1966 * ''Gobiobotia lii'' X. Chen, 2022 * ''Gobiobotia longibarba'' P. W. Fang & Ki. Fu. Wang, 1931 * ''Gobiobotia macrocephala'' T. Mori, 1935 * ''Gobiobotia meridionalis'' Yi-Yu Chen & W. H. Cao, 1977 * ''Gobiobotia naktongensis'' T. Mori, 1935 * ''Gobiobotia nicholsi'' Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1966 * ''Gobiobotia pappenheimi ...
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