Pale Chub
Zacco platypus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 590
- Most observed in
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The pale chub (Zacco platypus), also known as pale bleak or fresh-water sprat, is one of the most extensively distributed Asiatic cyprinids and is found in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and most of Southeast China. This species of fish is native to freshwater rivers and mountainous streams from northern China and Korea to northern Vietnam. They can grow up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) but usually grow to 13 centimetres (5.1 in). Its diet consists of zooplankton, invertebrates, fish, and debris. It is an invasive species in Taiwan. Zacco platypus is called Oikawa オイカワ（追河、Opsariichthys platypus) in Japan.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Zacco platypus”.