''Aphyocypris moltrechti'', Moltrecht's minnow, is a species of

cyprinid 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 ver ...

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endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. It was formerly considered to be the only species in the genus ''Pararasbora''. The Endemic Species Research Institute under the Council of Agriculture of the Executive Yuan in Taiwan has enlisted ''Aphyocypris moltrechti'' as “precious and rare species” among other endemic freshwater species. Named in honor of physician-entomologist Arnold Moltrecht (1873-1952), who collected the type specimen. ''Aphyocypris moltrechti'' is distributed in the middle portion of western Taiwan, where they can be found in

Tachia River Dajia River () is the fifth-longest river in Taiwan located in the north-central of the island. It flows through Taichung City for 142 km. The sources of the Dajia are: Hsuehshan and Nanhu Mountain in the Central Mountain Range. The Dajia ...

and

Tatu River The Dadu River also called Wu River, is a major rivers in Taiwan, river located in the Northwest of Taiwan Island, Taiwan. With a total length of it is sixth-longest river on the island. Names The Dadu River is named after a former port ne ...

.''Pararasbora moltrechti'' in The Fish Database of Taiwan
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References

Cyprinid fish of Asia Endemic fauna of Taiwan Freshwater fish of Taiwan Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan Fish described in 1908 {{Cyprinidae-stub