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Xenocyprididae (East Asian minnows)
Etymology: Hemiculter: Greek, hemis = the half + Latin, culter = knife (Ref. 45335).
Taxonomic Remarks
This species is considered a valid species or possibly a synonym of Hemiculter lucidus (Dybowski, 1872) in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. May 2011: Ref. 86870) following Bogutskaya et al. (2008: Ref. 82587). Please send references, or more studies are needed.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate
Asia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128900); common length : 12.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35840); max. published weight: 150.30 g (Ref. 128900)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Luo, Y. and Y. Chen, 1998. Cultrinae. p. 112-207. In Chen, Y.-Y. and et al. (Eds). Fauna Sinica. Osteichthyes. Cypriniformes II. Science Press. Beijing. 1-531. (Ref. 33784)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00776 (0.00650 - 0.00927), b=3.09 (3.04 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
2.1 ±0.1 se; based on diet studies. |
Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100). 🛈 |