Culter alburnus

Culter alburnus, the topmouth culter, is an East Asian species of freshwater ray-finned fish genus Culter, this belongs to the family Xenocyprididae.

Culter alburnus
Museum specimen (living are silvery in colour)
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Xenocyprididae
Genus:	Culter
Species:	C. alburnus
Binomial name
Culter alburnus Basilewsky, 1855
Synonyms
Erythroculter ilishaeformis

Geographic distribution and habitat

Culter alburnus occurs in Lake Buir, the Onon and Kherlen River drainages in Mongolia, as well as the Amur and Red River drainages in Far East Russia and China, it has also been recorded from Taiwan and Hainan. It can be found in rivers and floodplain lakes which have dense growth of macrophytes.^[2]