The Ussuri sharpbelly (''Hemiculter lucidus'') is a

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freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...

fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...

belonging to the subfamily

Cultrinae The Cultrinae are one of at least 13 subfamilies of cyprinid fish. It contains ten genera. Recognized genera * ''Anabarilius'' (21 species) * ''Ancherythroculter'' (5 species) * ''Chanodichthys'' (5 species) * '' Culter'' (4 species) * ''Cultri ...

of the family

Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...

. It originates in the

Amur River The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's List of longest rivers, tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China, Northeastern China (Inne ...

basin in Asia. It was originally described as ''Culter lucidus'' by B. I. Dybowski in 1872, and has also been referred to as ''Hemiculter leucisculus lucidus'' in scientific literature. The fish reaches a size up to 25.0 cm (9.8 in) long, and a weight of 70.0 g (2.5 oz).

References

* Hemiculter Freshwater fish of China Fish of Russia Cyprinid fish of Asia Fish described in 1872 {{Cultrinae-stub