Zacco platypus

Basic information
Scientific name	Zacco platypus	Click to magnify
Common names	Freshwater minnow
Higher taxon	Cyprinidae, Cypriniformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	W Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, E Continental China, N Vietnam, Japan (C to W Honshu, N Shikoku, and N Kyushu).
Habitat	Middle to lower part of rivers, lakes and ponds.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Tohoku District, Pacific side of Shikoku, Dogo (Oki Islands), Nakadorijima Is. (Goto Islands), Tanegashima Is. (Osumi Islands), and Tokunoshima Is. (Amami Is.)
Origin	Biwako Lake, Japan.
Date	Unknown.
Route	Accidental: Hitchhiking on seed release of ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis).
Impact	Unknown impact.
Regulation in Japan	Capture of this species is controled by several local governments.
Introduced range in other countries	None.

Reference	Notes
Froese & Pauly (eds) (2009) FishBase (Accessed on 2010-12-06) http://www.fishbase.org/search.cfm Kawanabe et al. (eds) (2002) Freshwater Fishes of Japan, 3rd ed.. Yama-kei Publishers, Tokyo (in Jpn) Matsuzawa & Senou (2008) Alien fishes of Japan. Bun-ichi Sogo Shuppan, Tokyo (in Jpn)