Acheilognathus
| Acheilognathus | |
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| Acheilognathus rhombeus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 Y. R. Chen & Z. Y. Li, 1987
- Acheilognathus changtingensis Qing 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) (Elongate bitterling)
- Acheilognathus fasciodorsalis V. H. Nguyễn, 2001
- Acheilognathus gracilis Nichols, 1926
- †Acheilognathus hondae (D. S. Jordan & Metz, 1913)
- †Acheilognathus hypselonotus (Bleeker, 1871)
- Acheilognathus imberbis Günther, 1868
- Acheilognathus imfasciodorsalis V. H. Nguyễn, 2001
- Acheilognathus kyphus (Đ. Y. Mai, 1978)
- Acheilognathus longibarbatus (Đ. Y. Mai, 1978)
- Acheilognathus longipinnis Regan, 1905 (Deepbody bitterling)
- Acheilognathus macromandibularis A. Doi, R. Arai & H. Z. Liu, 1999
- Acheilognathus macropterus (Bleeker, 1871)
- Acheilognathus majusculus I. S. Kim & H. Yang, 1998
- Acheilognathus melanogaster Bleeker, 1860 (Japanese bitterling)
- Acheilognathus meridianus (H. W. Wu, 1939)
- Acheilognathus microphysa J. X. Yang, X. L. Chu & Y. R. Chen, 1990
- Acheilognathus nguyenvanhaoi H. D. Nguyễn, Đ. H. Trần & T. T. Tạ, 2013[2]
- 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 striatus Qing Yang, B. X. Xiong, Q. Y. Tang & H. Z. Liu, 2010
- Acheilognathus tabira D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914
- Acheilognathus tabira erythropterus R. Arai, Fujikawa & Nagata, 2007
- Acheilognathus tabira jordani R. Arai, Fujikawa & Nagata, 2007
- Acheilognathus tabira nakamurae R. Arai, Fujikawa & Nagata, 2007
- Acheilognathus tabira tabira D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914
- Acheilognathus tabira tohokuensis R. Arai, Fujikawa & Nagata, 2007
- Acheilognathus taenianalis (Günther, 1873)
- Acheilognathus tonkinensis (Vaillant, 1892)
- Acheilognathus typus Bleeker, 1863
- Acheilognathus yamatsutae T. Mori, 1928
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Acheilognathus". 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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