Onychostoma alticorpus

Onychostoma alticorpus (common name: Taiwan ku fish) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It can grow to 50 cm (20 in) TL, but commonly only to about half of that.^[2][3]

Onychostoma alticorpus
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Onychostoma
Species:	O. alticorpus
Binomial name
Onychostoma alticorpus (Ōshima, 1920)
Synonyms
Onychostoma alticorps (Oshima, 1920) [orth. error]

Onychostoma alticorpus is endemic to Taiwan where it is known from only five river basins. It is a herbivorous species that occurs in streams. As with other riverine species, its habitat can be threatened by siltation, dam building, and pollution.^[3]