Carassioides acuminatus

Carassioides acuminatus or black fish is a species of cyprinid fish in the subfamily Cyprininae.^[2] It is found in central and northern Vietnam and the Pearl River and Hainan in China. It may have been introduced into Laos.^[1] It occurs in slow flowing rivers with sandy or muddy beds. It has an omnivorous diet, including alga, insect larvae, zooplankton and organic detritus. It is sold in Vietnam for human consumption, where it valued as a food fish, and it is also used in aquaculture.^[1]

Carassioides acuminatus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Cyprininae
Genus:	Carassioides
Species:	C. acuminatus
Binomial name
Carassioides acuminatus (Richardson, 1846)[2]
Synonyms
Cyprinus acuminatus Richardson, 1846 Carassioides cyprinus Richardson, 1846 Carrassioides cantonensis (Heincke, 1892) Cyprinion orientalis Vaillant, 1893 Carassioides rhombeus Ōshima, 1926 Carassioides argentea V. H. Nguyễn, 2002 Carassioides macropterus V. H. Nguyen, 2002