Onychostoma barbatulum

Onychostoma barbatulum (common name: Taiwan shovel-jaw carp) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It can grow to 19 cm (7.5 in) SL, but commonly only to about half of that.^[2]

Onychostoma barbatulum
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Onychostoma
Species:	O. barbatulum
Binomial name
Onychostoma barbatulum (Pellegrin, 1908)
Synonyms
Gymnostomus barbatulus Pellegrin, 1908 Varicorhinus barbatulus (Pellegrin, 1908)

Onychostoma barbatulum is found in Taiwan and in the Pearl River Basin of southern China. It is a herbivorous species that occurs in fast-flowing sections of rivers.^[1] Its populations may be dramatically impacted by typhoon-related disturbance, in one documented case nearly extirpating a local population.^[3]