MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR CLASSIFICATION OF GENUS CYPRINUS LINNAEUS, 1758 IN PHONG NHA - KE BANG NATIONAL PARK IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF VIETNAM
Le Thị QUYNH, Nguyen Thi THAO, Hoang Vinh PHU, Ho Anh TUAN Vinh University, Nghe An Province, Vietnam
Abstract
Analysis and identification of 56 specimens of genus Cyprinus Linnaeus, 1758 collected from Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park in the North central part of Vietnam. We have determined four species: Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758; Cyprinus hieni Tu & Tuan, 2003; Cyprinus melanes (Mai, 1978); Cyprinus quidatensis Tu et al., 1999.
Keywords: Cyprinus carpio, Cyprinus hieni, Cyprinus melanes, Cyprinus quidatensis, Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, classification, North Central Vietnam.