Kangle Whitefish

Kangle Whitefish

　　Name: Kangle Whitefish

　　Family: Cyprinidae

　　Scientific name: Anabarilius sgrahami (Regan)

　　Local name: Kanglang fish

　　Morphological characteristics

　　　　The body is slender, slightly round, and the back is somewhat straight. The ventral keel extends from the base of the pelvic fin to -. The head is long, significantly longer than the body height. The snout is pointed. The mouth is subterminal. The jaw protuberances and depressions are not prominent. It has no barbels. There are 35–38 gill rakers. The lateral line is located slightly below the midline of the body, sharply curving downward at the front. The dorsal fin has no hard spines; the anal fin originates slightly below and behind the end of the dorsal fin.

　　Living habits

　　　　It lives in the middle and upper layers of open water surfaces. It mainly feeds on zooplankton. The breeding season is concentrated between June and July. Individuals are small but abundant, with delicious meat, making it one of Yunnan’s specialty economic fish. It is distributed in Fuxian Lake, Yunnan.