This website uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience and ensure the functionality of our site. For more detailed information about the types of cookies we use and how we protect your privacy, please visit our Privacy Information page.
×
Cookie Settings
This website uses different types of cookies to enhance your experience. Please select your preferences below:
> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Cyprininae
Etymology: schwanefeldii:Named for military surgeon H. W. Schwanefeld, who collected the type series. Eponymy: Lieutenant Colonel H W Schwanefeld was a Dutch military surgeon. He collected both of the types in West Sumatra. Bleeker misspelled his name in the binomials; a mistake he subsequently corrected but the original spelling must, by convention, be retained. (Ref. 128868), visit book page. More on author: Bleeker.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución Ecología
Espinas dorsales (total) : 3; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 8; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 5. Distinguished from other species of the genus in having a red dorsal fin with a black blotch at the tip, red pectoral, pelvic and anal fins, red caudal fin with white margin and a black submarginal stripe along each lobe, and 8 scale rows between dorsal-fin origin and lateral line (Ref. 27732). Large individuals silvery or golden yellow in life with its dorsal fin red and caudal fin orange or blood-red (Ref. 2091). Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.
Found in rivers, streams, canals and ditches (Ref. 12693). Adults occur in medium to large-sized rivers and enters flooded fields (Ref. 12975). In east Kalimantan, Indonesia a temperature range of 20.4-33.7°C was recorded for this species (Ref. 6129). Largely herbivorous, consuming aquatic macrophytes and submerged land plants, as well as filamentous algae and occasionally insects (Ref. 12693). They also feedson small fishes (Ref. 12693), worms and crustaceans (Ref. 7020). Migratory behaviour is undetermined (Ref. 126106). Usually marketed fresh (Ref. 12693).
Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo, 1993. Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi. Periplus Editions, Hong Kong. 221 p. (Ref. 7050)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Fisiología Composición corporal Nutrientes Consumo del oxígeno Tipo de natación Velocidad de natación Pigmentos visuales Sonido de peces Enfermedades y parásitos Toxicidad (CL50)
