地方名:柳根子
分类地位:鲤形目,鲤科,鱼岁属
形态特征:口亚下位,弧形。吻较长。鳞小。侧线完全,前段稍弯。背鳍位置较后,起点在腹鳍基部之后。背鳍 iii-7;臀鳍 iii-7。侧线鳞 72~88。背部灰褐色,有黑点,体侧中轴有 1条黑色纹带,腹部灰白色。尾鳍基部有黑色斑块。
生态习性:栖息于水流缓慢、水质清澈、水温较低的河道中。杂食性,主要以昆虫幼虫为食,也食水生植物。地理分布:宁夏黄河干流、贺兰山溪流等有分布。
经济价值:宁夏小型土著鱼类,是鱼岁属中个体较大的一种。
LOCAL NAME:Liugenzi
CLASSIFICATION:Cypriniformes;Cyprinidae; Phoxinus
MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Sub hypogynous long mouth in arc shape; small scales; completed lateral line; forepart is slightly bend; location of dorsal fin is relatively behind, which the growing point is behind the base of ventral fin; dorsal fin iii-7; anal fin iii -7; scales in lateral line 72 ~88; its back is in mouse color with black spots, and there is a black stripe in the central axis of body side; abdomen is offwhite; the base of caudal fin has black plaques.
ECOLOGICAL HABITS:It lives in slow-flowing and clear river with low water temperature; it is an omnivorous fish which lives on insect larvaes, as well as aquatic plants.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: It is distributed in main stream of the Yellow River and rivulet from Helan Mountain in Ningxia.
ECONOMIC VALUE:It is a local minitype fish in Ningxia, and is one of the bigger species in Phoxinus.