Acheilognathus
| Acheilognathus | |
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| Acheilognathus rhombeus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Acheilognathinae |
| Genus: | Acheilognathus Bleeker, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Capoeta rhombea | |
Acheilognathus is a genus of cyprinid fish native to Asia. The name is derived from the Greek a, meaning "without", the Greek cheilos, meaning "lip", and the Greek gnathos, meaning "jaw".
Morphology[]
Fishes of this genus have length from 5 to 27 cm. They are small and the shape is likely to the fishes of genus Puntius.
Species[]
There are currently 41 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Acheilognathus asmussii (Dybowski, 1872) (Russian bitterling)
- Acheilognathus barbatulus Günther, 1873
- Acheilognathus barbatus Nichols, 1926
- Acheilognathus brevicaudatus & , 1987
- Acheilognathus changtingensis , , & , 2011
- Acheilognathus coreanus Steindachner, 1892
- Acheilognathus cyanostigma D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1903 (Striped bitterling)
- Acheilognathus deignani (H. M. Smith, 1945)
- Acheilognathus elongatoides Kottelat, 2001
- Acheilognathus elongatus (Regan, 1908) (Elongate bitterling)
- Acheilognathus fasciodorsalis , 2001
- Acheilognathus gracilis Nichols, 1926
- †Acheilognathus hondae (D. S. Jordan & , 1913)
- †Acheilognathus hypselonotus (Bleeker, 1871)
- Acheilognathus imberbis Günther, 1868
- Acheilognathus imfasciodorsalis , 2001
- Acheilognathus kyphus (, 1978)
- Acheilognathus longibarbatus (, 1978)
- Acheilognathus longipinnis Regan, 1905 (Deepbody bitterling)
- Acheilognathus macromandibularis , & , 1999
- Acheilognathus macropterus (Bleeker, 1871)
- Acheilognathus majusculus & , 1998
- Acheilognathus melanogaster Bleeker, 1860 (Japanese bitterling)
- Acheilognathus meridianus (, 1939)
- Acheilognathus microphysa J. X. Yang, & , 1990
- Acheilognathus nguyenvanhaoi , & , 2013[2]
- Acheilognathus omeiensis (H. J. Shih & , 1934)
- Acheilognathus peihoensis Fowler, 1910
- Acheilognathus polylepis (, 1964)
- Acheilognathus polyspinus (, 1972)
- Acheilognathus rhombeus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
- Acheilognathus striatus , , & , 2010
- Acheilognathus tabira D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914
- Acheilognathus tabira erythropterus , & , 2007
- Acheilognathus tabira jordani , & , 2007
- Acheilognathus tabira nakamurae , & , 2007
- Acheilognathus tabira tabira D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914
- Acheilognathus tabira tohokuensis , & , 2007
- Acheilognathus taenianalis (Günther, 1873)
- Acheilognathus tonkinensis (Vaillant, 1892)
- Acheilognathus typus Bleeker, 1863
- Acheilognathus yamatsutae T. Mori, 1928
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Acheilognathus in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ a b Nguyen Huu Duc; Tran Duc Hau; Ta Thi Thuy (2013). "A new species of genus Acheilognathus, Bleeker, 1895 from the Tien Yen river, Vietnam". Vietnam Journal of Biology. 35 (1): 18–22. doi:10.15625/0866-7160/v35n1.2933.
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