Aphyocypris moltrechti explained

Aphyocypris moltrechti, Moltrecht's minnow, is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Taiwan. It was formerly considered to be the only species in the genus Pararasbora. The Endemic Species Research Institute^[1] under the Council of Agriculture^[2] of the Executive Yuan in Taiwan has enlisted Aphyocypris moltrechti as "precious and rare species" among other endemic freshwater species.^[3]

Named in honor of physician-entomologist Arnold Moltrecht (1873–1952), who collected the type specimen.^[4]

Aphyocypris moltrechti is distributed in the middle portion of western Taiwan, where they can be found in Tachia River and Tatu River.^[5] Their total body length are usually seen from 4 cm to 8 cm.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Endemic Species Research Institute official page . 2017-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110830170941/http://tesrieng.coa.gov.tw/show_index.php . 2011-08-30 . dead .
2. http://eng.coa.gov.tw/ Council of Agriculture official page
3. Web site: List of endemic freshwater fish species in Taiwan . 2017-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120330082043/http://tesri.coa.gov.tw/view.php?catid=1820 . 2012-03-30 . dead .
4. Web site: Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families LEPTOBARBIDAE, XENOCYPRIDIDAE and TINCIDAE . 8 March 2021 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018 . 1 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220201072729/https://etyfish.org/cypriniformes13/ . dead .
5. http://fishdb.sinica.edu.tw/eng/species.php?id=381020 Pararasbora moltrechti in The Fish Database of Taiwan
6. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Pararasbora-moltrechti.html Pararasbora moltrechti in FishBase