Myxocyprinus asiaticus
Chinese Sailfin Sucker
March 13th, 2012 — 1:19pm
This species is traded under various names including ‘Chinese banded shark’, ‘Chinese sucker’, ‘freshwater batfish’, ‘high-fin banded loach’, etc. It’s currently illegal to import or own privately in several countries, including the UK, but continues to be available with only the attractive juvenile form traded, and almost always without information regarding adult size of almost a metre or potential lifepan of 25 years+.
Myxocyprinus is a monotypic genus and the only Asian representative of the family Cato…
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