Cyprinidae

Taiwan ku fish

Onychostoma alticorpus

Fifty Centimeters Carp of Taiwanese Waters

• White
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• East Asia
• Deep-bodied
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Onychostoma alticorpus (common name: Taiwan ku fish) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It can grow to 50 cm (20 in) TL, but commonly only to about half of that. Onychostoma alticorpus is endemic to Taiwan where it is known from only five river basins.