Decorus decorus (Peters)

Chan, Jeffery C. F., Tsang, Alphonse H. F., Yau, Sze-man, Hui, Tommy C. H., Lau, Anthony, Tan, Heok Hui, Low, Bi Wei, Dudgeon, David & Liew, Jia Huan, 2023, The non-native freshwater fishes of Hong Kong: diversity, distributions, and origins, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 71, pp. 128-168 : 136

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.26107/RBZ-2023-0012

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:82C3DAD3-0920-4430-A93D-9F887A58DC1A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7815708

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5879E-FFB6-C05E-BB77-4EF3C370A0CB

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Decorus decorus (Peters)
status

 

Decorus decorus (Peters) View in CoL

Distribution. Kau Sai Chau area ( Wilson et al., 1997 as Bangana decora ).

Native range. Endemic to the Xijiang (West River), South China ( East Asia).

Remarks. A single individual reported was likely mixed-up with other aquacultured fish that were released into ponds in the Kau Sai Chau Golf Course ( Wilson et al., 1997). It has not been observed in Hong Kong since its initial discovery and is considered to be locally extinct.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Cyprinidae

Genus

Decorus

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