China native Dorado?

[mad ness]

Went to the local monster fish store today and they showed me a photo of a fish that looks a lot like a dorado. Photo had some asian persons (looked like china) carrying a fish that looked like it was just fished out of the water. 3 feet long or so. Head shape same as dorado, mouth same, smallish eye but the body was platnum white and fins yellow. couldnt see the tail fin. Shop owner said it's a rare but native fish to china. Anyone heard of this?

 

[cichlaguapote]

Some sort of a trout maybe? (Dorado kinda look troutish to me) I don't know but I'm certainly curious

 

[Super Ape]

''big mouth carp'' Elopichthys bambusa?

also google this for more pics ---> 鳡鱼

 

[pupumole]

burmese trout barb? ... but why would it be in hong kong

 

[reddragon343]

it may be that trout they find up in mongolia. I cant remember the name, but they featured it in Monster Quest's Giant Killer Fish episode.

 

[pupumole]

it may be that trout they find up in mongolia. I cant remember the name, but they featured it in Monster Quest's Giant Killer Fish episode.

You mean Taimen? doubt that... i would guess they are pretty rare and protected... and they need pretty cold water too..

 

[mad ness]

yes yes ! the second photo should be from the same set I saw. wouldnt mind getting my hands on one... shops trying to get some. Looks like a goliath dorado pike trout mix.

From what i think is a russian site, which makes sense geographically:

[FONT=verdana,arial]Plate 138. Elopichthys bambusa (Rich.). Family Cyprinidae. In: Fishery Resources of the USSR, N.N.Kondakov, Artist Editor. 1957. NOAA Central Library Call Number: SH91.R9 1957. [/FONT]​

[FONT=verdana,arial]Image ID: fish3769, NOAA's Fisheries Collection [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,arial]Credit: Russian Federal Research Institute of Fishery and Oceanography (VNIRO); Artist: A. T. Vorob'ov [/FONT]
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this one's from vietnam:

 

[mad ness]

http://flyfishingrussia.blogspot.com/2009/03/yellowcheek-elopichthys-bambusa.html

Yellowcheek (Elopichthys bambusa, Cyprinidae)


This is fish # 2 from the 1st message of the blog. It is predatory Carp - the only Carp with teeth. Yellowcheek can be up to 200 cm long! The range of the species covers south-east Asia, China, and in the Russian Far East (Amur River drainage). The sport-tackle world recors of the species is 42,5 kg fish landed in China in 2001.

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[pupumole]

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