59. Phoxinus phoxinus
(8cm)

P. phoxinus (left- female;  right- male)
collected and photo by Kim, DaeMin
(left- Tuul River: Ulanbataar, Mongolia;   right- Yenisei River: Irkutsk, Russia)
 © 2001, 2002 photo by Kim, DaeMin

Habitat: Coarse sand and gravel bottomed riffles or pools connected to river with moderate to fast current and low water temperature. Feeds on plankton, invertebrates, and algae.

Range: Native to Northern Eurasia:  Europe, Siberia, Mongolia, northeastern China, Russian Far East, North Korea, South Korea(limited to the Upper Han River drainages and Samcheokoship River).

Remarks: Shows many geographic morphological variations across its holarctic range.

* Habitat of Phoxinus phoxinus (Tuul River : Terelji, Mongolia)