67.  Nipponocypris koreanus
(30cm)

N. koreanus (left- male;  right- young)
collected and photo by Kim, DaeMin
(left-  Dangjin county, Chungcheongnam Province;  right-  Inje county, Kangwon Province)
© 2007 photo by Kim, DaeMin

Habitat: Coarse sand and gravel bottomed of river with moderate to fast current. Feeds on invertebrates.

Range: Native to the Korean Peninsula. Introduced to northeastern East Sea slope of South Korea.

Remarks: Shows several geographic morphological variations of male's breeding colour across its range. Locally a popular food fish. Also, a popular aquarium fish.

* Habitat of Zacco koreanus (Hwaak River : Gapyeong county, Gyeonggi Province)