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Mountain minnow

Tanichthys albonubes Lin, 1932

Status not recordedbony fish

The mountain minnow (Tanichthys albonubes) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the mountain minnow

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the mountain minnow live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mountain minnow as introduced in 4 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Japaninvasive
  2. Canada
  3. Colombia
  4. Mexico

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the mountain minnow endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the mountain minnow classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusTanichthys
  7. SpeciesTanichthys albonubes Lin, 1932

Synonyms Aphyocypris pooni, Aphyocypris poosi

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • White cloud mountain minnowEnglish
  • kardinálka čínskáCzech
  • SkybjergfiskDanish
  • KardinälchenGerman
  • Neón ChinoSpanish
  • アカヒレJapanese
  • 백운산(白雲山)Korean
  • kardynałek chińskiPolish
  • КардиналRussian
  • ปลาเมฆขาวThai
  • Bulut BalığıTurkish
  • 唐魚Chinese
  • ปลาไวท์คลาวด์Thai
  • 唐鱼Chinese
  • KardinalfischChinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mountain minnow

Other species in the same genus Tanichthys.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the mountain minnow an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the mountain minnow as invasive in 1 country: Japan. It lists it as introduced in 4 in all.

What kind of animal is the mountain minnow?

The mountain minnow (Tanichthys albonubes) belongs to the family Cyprinidae in the order Cypriniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mountain minnow (Tanichthys albonubes). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mountain-minnow

MLA

“Mountain minnow (Tanichthys albonubes).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mountain-minnow.

BibTeX
@misc{mountain_minnow_2026,
  title = {Mountain minnow (Tanichthys albonubes)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mountain-minnow},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}