The non-native freshwater fishes of Hong Kong: diversity, distributions, and origins
Author
Chan, Jeffery C. F.
Author
Tsang, Alphonse H. F.
Author
Yau, Sze-man
Author
Hui, Tommy C. H.
Author
Lau, Anthony
Author
Tan, Heok Hui
Author
Low, Bi Wei
Author
Dudgeon, David
Author
Liew, Jia Huan
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2023
2023-02-22
71
128
168
journal article
10.26107/RBZ-2023-0012
2345-7600
7815765
82C3DAD3-0920-4430-A93D-9F887A58DC1A
Hemiculter leucisculus
(Basilewsky)
(
Fig. 56
, [LU])
Distribution.
High Island Reservoir, Hok Tau Reservoir, Shing Mun Reservoir, Lau Shui Heung Reservoir, Plover Cove Reservoir, Kowloon Reservoir, Shek Lei Pui Reservoir, Tai Lam Chung Reservoir, Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir (Lai, 2011; current survey); Shek Pik Reservoir (AFCD, 2021c; current survey); Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir (GBIF.org, 2021; current survey).
Native range.
North and
South Korea
,
China
, and
Japan
(
East Asia
).
Remarks
. This species is suspected to have both native and non-native populations in
Hong Kong
(Chong & Dudgeon, 1992). Reservoir populations are likely to have been introduced by water transfers from mainland
China
and from local rivers.