The Ou River () or Oujiang is the second-largest river in the
Zhejiang
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province of eastern
China
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. The river flows before finally reaching the city of
Wenzhou
Wenzhou; Chinese postal romanization, historically known as Wenchow is a prefecture-level city in China's Zhejiang province. Wenzhou is located at the extreme southeast of Zhejiang, bordering Lishui, Zhejiang, Lishui to the west, Taizhou, Zheji ...
and emptying into the
East China Sea
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, into which it discharges of water annually. Shen Jiang (), Jiang Yongjia (), and Wenjiang () are all former names for this river.
Fauna
The Ou River has a rich fish fauna. A 2010 survey recorded 60 different fish species, with
goldfish
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,
bagrid catfish, and ''
Pseudobagrus tenuis'' being the most prolific in range. Compared to a 1972 survey, 20 new species were recorded, including two
alien species (
Mozambique tilapia and
largemouth bass
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); however, 34 species recorded in 1972 were absent in 2010, and overall fish density was lower.
Goby ''
Pseudorhinogobius aporus'' is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only 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 foun ...
to the Ou River system: it is only known from a brook in the upper Ou River system.
Notes
References
Rivers of Zhejiang
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