Hemibarbus mylodon (BERG, 1907)

SynonymsTop ↑

Barbus mylodon Berg, 1907; Belligobio eristigma Jordan & Hubbs, 1925

Etymology

Hemibarbus: from the Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-), meaning ‘half’, and the generic name Barbus, to which members appear similar.

mylodon: from the Ancient Greek, meaning ‘grinder’, and ὀδών (odṓn), meaning ‘toothed’, in allusion to the large fourth pharyngeal tooth, which is molariform with a small, round excavation on the upper surface.

Classification

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae

Distribution

Endemic to the Korean peninsula where it occurs throughout North Korea and South Korea.

Type locality is ‘Keumsan River, near Pusan, South Korea.’

Habitat

Predominantly a riverine fish preferring clear, well-oxygenated, running waters with substrates of sand, gravel, rock or mud, where adults tend to form schools just above the substrate in faster-flowing sections.

Maximum Standard Length

300 -350 mm.

Diet

Wild fish feed primarily on benthic macroinvertebrates.

References

1. Berg, L. S., 1907 - Zoologicheskogo Muzeya Imperatorskoj Akademii Nauk v. 12: 1-12
   Review of the freshwater fishes of Korea.
2. Jang, M.-H., M. C. Lucas and G.-J. Joo, 2003 - Biological Conservation 114: 115-126
   The fish fauna of mountain streams in South Korean national parks and its significance to conservation of regional freshwater fish biodiversity.