Cyprinidae

Chanodichthys abramoides

Chanodichthys abramoides

• Temperate
• Lower river
• Local endemic species
• Restricted distribution
• Freshwater fish
• East Asia
• Temperate fish

Chanodichthys abramoides is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. This fish is endemic to the southern part of the lower Amur river system, including the Sungari and Ussuririvers and Lake Khanka, in Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces in China and in Amur. Primorsky Krai and Khabarovsk Krai districts in Russia.