Image: White Cloud Mountain Minnow, Tanichthys albonubes

A White Cloud Mountain minnow caught with a scoop net at a depth of about 0.6 m, Green Point Creek, Pearl Beach, Broken Bay, New South Wales, 22 February 2012

Photographer:

Robert McCormack

Rights:

© Robert McCormack

Common name:

White Cloud Mountain Minnow

Scientific name:

Tanichthys albonubes

Family:

Cyprinidae

Order:

Cypriniformes

Additional information

This fish is an exotic species that is popular in the aquarium trade.  Robert was rightly concerned when he caught three specimens in Green Point Creek, one of which was gravid.

Last Updated: 22 March 2012

Tags fishes, ichthyology, Tanichthys albonubes, White Cloud Mountain Minnow, Cyprinidae,