The White Cloud Mountain minnow (Tanichthys albonubes) is a hardy species of freshwater fish and coldwater fish often kept in an aquarium. The species is a member of the carp family (family Cyprinidae) of the order Cypriniformes,[2] native to China. The White Cloud Mountain minnow is practically extinct in its native habitat, due to pollution and tourism.[3] It was believed to be extinct for over 20 years in 1980,[4] but an apparently native population of this fish was discovered on Hainan Island, well away from the White Cloud Mountain. They are bred in farms and are easily available through the aquarium trade.[5] However, inbreeding in farms has led to genetically weak stock that is vulnerable to disease and prone to physical deformities.[6]
The species was discovered at White Cloud Mountain in the city of Guǎngzhōu in the province of Guǎngdōng around the 1930s by a Boy Scout leader called Tan Kam Fe, hence the generic name Tanichthys ("Tan's fish").[7] The specific name albonubes is from the Latin alba nubes (white cloud).
The fish are sold in the aquarium trade under a variety of names, including White Cloud, White Cloud Mountain fish, White Cloud minnow, etc. The names Canton or China danio (although it is not a member of the genus Danio or a danionin) and cardinal fish are also encountered. In Chinese the fish is known as 唐魚 (táng yu), 廣東細鯽 (Guǎngdōng xìjì), or 潘氏細鯽 (pānshì xìjì). Aphyocypris pooni is an obsolete synonym for this species; it was coined to designate a color variety which is now known to be the same species as the White Cloud Mountain minnow.
^Cui, K. (2011). "Tanichthys albonubes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T166073A6165399. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T166073A6165399.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^"Tanichthys albonubes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 December 2004.
^Liang, Xu-Fang; Chen, Guo-Zhu; Chen, Xiang-Lin; Yue, Pei-Qi (2007-10-11). "Threatened fishes of the world: Tanichthys albonubes Lin 1932 (Cyprinidae)". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 82 (2): 177–178. doi:10.1007/s10641-007-9286-6. ISSN 0378-1909. S2CID 20934240.
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