What is white cloud mountain minnow?
White cloud mountain minnow (scientific name: Tanichthys albonubes) is a fish of the family Cyprinidae and Tang fish. It is a very small freshwater fish, the largest male adult fish is about 25 mm long, and the female fish is only about 30 mm. The hi body is small, long and laterally flat, and the body height is approximately equal to the head length. Abdomen round, without ventral ribs. The snout is short and blunt. Small mouth, sub-superior. Eyes large, side up. The length of the head behind the eyes is significantly longer than the length of the snout. The distance between the eyes is about twice the length of the snout. Body covered with round scales, medium-sized scales, no lateral line. Life is colorful and colorful. The body color and markings vary with the place of origin, male and female sex and feeding conditions. The body is generally brown on the back and silvery white on the ventral surface. There is a golden yellow or silver-blue longitudinal stripe along the middle of the body, and there are several dark brown lines above and below the stripe. The base of the caudal peduncle has a round red spot. The iris is golden. The base of the dorsal fin is red, with yellow and blue spots on the upper; the other fins are yellow-green with transparent margins. The dorsal surface of the fixed specimen is brown-black, and the ventral surface is gray-white. There is a black stripe along the body lateral axis connected to the black spot at the base of the caudal fin. There are small black spots on the scales, and the rest of the colors have faded.
What does white cloud mountain minnow look like?
Dorsal fins III-6; anal fins III-7-8; pectoral fins I-9-11; pelvic fins I-6. There are 30-32 longitudinal scales along the midline of the body; 7-8 rows of transverse scales from the origin of the dorsal fin to the base of the pelvic fin; 15-16 anterior scales on the dorsal fin; Gill rakers 8 outside the first gill arch. Hypopharyngeal teeth in 2 rows, 2·5～5·2 or 1·5～5·1. Spine 4+29～30.
The body length is 4.2 to 5 times the height of the body, 4.2 to 4.8 times the length of the head, 3.9 to 4.2 times the length of the caudal peduncle, and 8.2 to 8.7 times the height of the caudal peduncle. The head length is 5.0 to 6.0 of the snout length, and 2.6 to 3.0 of the eye diameter. It is 2.1 to 5 times the distance between eyes. The length of the tail handle is 1.9 to 2.2 times the height of the tail handle.
Tang fish is a very small freshwater fish, the largest male adult fish is about 25 mm long, and the female fish is only about 30 mm. The hi body is small, long and laterally flat, and the body height is approximately equal to the head length. Abdomen round, without ventral ribs. The snout is short and blunt. Small mouth, sub-superior. The mouth cleft is oblique, the mandible is prominent, there is no tumor-like protrusion at the front, and there is no notch in the center of the maxilla. No beard. Eyes large, side up. The length of the head behind the eyes is significantly longer than the length of the snout. The distance between the eyes is about twice the length of the snout. Body covered with round scales, medium-sized scales, no lateral line.
white cloud mountain minnow living habits
The tang fish mostly inhabits the environment of clear streams and flowing water in the mountains. Habits are bold, lively and gentle. Although it is distributed in the subtropics, it is still resistant to cold and can still live normally when the water temperature is as low as 5 °C. It is an omnivorous small fish, mainly feeding on zooplankton and humus.
white cloud mountain minnow rearing
When the water temperature is about 23.3 ℃, the eggs are spawned and reproduced. The eggs have no base and are sinking eggs. The larvae hatch about 2 days after spawning. After hatching about 35 days old, the yolk is exhausted and can actively seek food. The spawning period is spring to autumn. Broodstock can reproduce more than 2 times in spring and summer. Female broodstock only lay dozens of eggs at a time.
