Predatory carp

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| image = Chanodichthys erythropterus by OpenCage.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{Cite iucn | author = Bogutskaya, N. | author2 = Huckstorf, V. | name-list-style = amp | title = Chanodichthys erythropterus | page = e.T166143A159755004 | year = 2022 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T166143A159755004.en | access-date = 16 February 2024}}

| taxon = Chanodichthys erythropterus

| authority = (Basilewsky, 1855){{Cof genus|genus=Chanodichthys|access-date=21 January 2025}}

| synonyms = {{Specieslist

| Culter erythropterus | Basilewsky, 1855

| Erythroculter erythropterus | (Basilewsky, 1855)

| Culter ilishaeformis | Bleeker, 1871

| Culter sieboldii | Dybowski, 1872

| Culter aokii | Ōshima, 1919

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The predatory carp (Chanodichthys erythropterus), also known as the redfin culter or skygazer, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. This species ranges from the Amur River south to Taiwan and the Red River, as well as Lake Buir in Mongolia. It reaches {{cvt|102|cm|ftin}} in length and {{cvt|9|kg|lboz}} in weight.{{Fishbase|Chanodichthys|erythropterus|month=October|year=2025}}