Aspiolucius esocinus or the pike asp is a species of cyprinid fish native to rivers, such as Amu Darya and Syr Darya, and occasionally lakes in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, where it was a common fish until 1980s. After that, the population had rapidly declined, so that the species was declared endangered in these countries, and extinct in the neighboring Kazakhstan. This species can reach a total length of 50 cm (20 in).[2]
| Aspiolucius esocinus | |
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| A. esocinus on a postal cover of Kyrgyzstan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Alburninae |
| Genus: | Aspiolucius Berg, 1907 |
| Species: | A. esocinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Aspiolucius esocinus (Kessler, 1874)
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References
edit- ^ Karimov, B. (2020). "Aspiolucius esocinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T39462A156728608. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T39462A156728608.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aspiolucius esocinus". FishBase. April 2013 version.
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