Acheilognathus

Acheilognathus
Acheilognathus longipinnis, the Deepbody bitterling
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Superfamily:	Cyprinioidea
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Acheilognathinae
Genus:	Acheilognathus Bleeker, 1860
Type species
Capoeta rhombea Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Species
40 species, see text.

Acheilognathus is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of several species. The type species is the Capoeta rhombea. 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

• Acheilognathus asmussii (Dybowski, 1872) (Russian bitterling)
• Acheilognathus barbatulus Günther, 1873
• Acheilognathus barbatus Nichols, 1926
• Acheilognathus binidentatus G. L. Li, 2001
• Acheilognathus brevicaudatus Y. R. Chen & Z. Y. Li, 1987
• Acheilognathus changtingensis Qi. Yang, Y. R. Zhu, B. X. Xiong & H. Z. Liu, 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)
• Acheilognathus fasciodorsalis V. H. Nguyen, 2001
• Acheilognathus gracilis Nichols, 1926
• Acheilognathus hondae (D. S. Jordan & Metz, 1913)
• Acheilognathus hypselonotus (Bleeker, 1871)
• Acheilognathus imberbis Günther, 1868
• Acheilognathus imfasciodorsalis V. H. Nguyen, 2001
• Acheilognathus intermedia (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
• Acheilognathus koreensis I. S. Kim & C. H. Kim, 1990
• Acheilognathus kyphus (Đ. Y. Mai, 1978)
• Acheilognathus longibarbatus (Đ. Y. Mai, 1978)
• Acheilognathus longipinnis Regan, 1905 (Deepbody bitterling)
• Acheilognathus macromandibularis Doi, Arai & H. Z. Liu, 1999
• Acheilognathus majusculus I. S. Kim & H. Yang, 1998
• Acheilognathus melanogaster Bleeker, 1860
• Acheilognathus meridianus (H. W. Wu, 1939)
• Acheilognathus microphysa J. X. Yang, X. L. Chu & Y. R. Chen, 1990
• Acheilognathus omeiensis (H. J. Shih & T. L. Tchang, 1934)
• Acheilognathus peihoensis Fowler, 1910
• Acheilognathus polylepis (H. W. Wu, 1964)
• Acheilognathus polyspinus (Holčík, 1972)
• Acheilognathus rhombeus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
• Acheilognathus signifer L. S. Berg, 1907
• Acheilognathus somjinensis I. S. Kim & C. H. Kim, 1991
• Acheilognathus striatus Qi. Yang, B. X. Xiong, Q. Y. Tang & H. Z. Liu, 2010
• Acheilognathus tabira D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914
  • Acheilognathus tabira erythropterus Arai, Fujikawa & Nagata, 2007
  • Acheilognathus tabira jordani Arai, Fujikawa & Nagata, 2007
  • Acheilognathus tabira nakamurae Arai, Fujikawa & Nagata, 2007
  • Acheilognathus tabira tabira D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914
  • Acheilognathus tabira tohokuensis Arai, Fujikawa & Nagata, 2007
• Acheilognathus taenianalis (Günther, 1873)
• Acheilognathus tonkinensis (Vaillant, 1892)
• Acheilognathus typus Bleeker, 1863
• Acheilognathus yamatsutae Mori, 1928

References

• "Acheilognathus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=163702. Retrieved 25 May 2007. 
• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Acheilognathus in FishBase. August 2011 version.
• http://www.fishbase.org/nomenclature/SpeciesList.php?genus=Acheilognathus