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Sharpbelly

Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855)

Status not recordedbony fish

The sharpbelly (Hemiculter leucisculus) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the sharpbelly

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 sharpbelly live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the sharpbelly as introduced in 7 countries, and flagged as invasive in 2 of them.

  1. Iraninvasive
  2. Turkmenistaninvasive
  3. Afghanistan
  4. Azerbaijan
  5. Georgia
  6. Iraq
  7. Kazakhstan

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 sharpbelly 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 sharpbelly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusHemiculter
  7. SpeciesHemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855)

Synonyms Chanodichthys leucisculus, Culter leucisculus, Cultriculus akoensis, Cultriculus kneri, Hemiculter clupeoides, Hemiculter eigenmanni, Hemiculter kneri, Hemiculter leuciclus, Hemiculter leucisclus, Hemiculter schrencki, Hemiculter schrencki schrencki, Hemiculter serracanthus, Hemiculter varpachovskii, Hemiculterella eigenmanni, Hemicultur clupeoides, Kendallia goldsboroughi, Parapelecus eigenmanni, Squaliobarbus annamiticus

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • 살 치Korean
  • Cá mương xanhVietnamese
  • 白条Chinese
  • 치 리Korean
  • 白鱎Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sharpbelly

Other species in the same genus Hemiculter.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the sharpbelly an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the sharpbelly as invasive in 2 countries: Iran and Turkmenistan. It lists it as introduced in 7 in all.

What kind of animal is the sharpbelly?

The sharpbelly (Hemiculter leucisculus) 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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BibTeX
@misc{sharpbelly_2026,
  title = {Sharpbelly (Hemiculter leucisculus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sharpbelly},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}