Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 Morphology  





2 Species  





3 References  














Acheilognathus






Català
Cebuano
Español
Français

Lietuvių
Magyar
Nederlands

Polski
Русский
Svenska
Türkçe
Tiếng Vit
Winaray

 

Edit links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 




In other projects  



Wikimedia Commons
Wikispecies
 
















Appearance
   

 






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 


Acheilognathus
Acheilognathus rhombeus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Acheilognathinae
Genus: Acheilognathus
Bleeker, 1860
Type species
Capoeta rhombea

Temminck & Schlegel, 1846

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[edit]

Fishes of this genus range in length from 5 to 27 cm. They are similar in appearance to fishes of the genus Puntius.

Species[edit]

There are currently 41 recognized species in this genus:[1]

In addition, there are two undescribed species in Korea awaiting further study:

References[edit]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of AcheilognathusinFishBase. February 2013 version.
  • ^ 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.
  • ^ Chae, B.S.; Kim, S.K.; Lee, J.H.; Hwang, U.W. (2014). "Taxonomic status of Acheilognathus sp. (Cyprinidae) found in the Geum River, Korea". Korean Journal of Ichthyology (in Korean). 26 (4): 249–258. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  • ^ Kim, Y.H.; Yun, B.H.; Sung, M.S.; Bang, I.-C. (2022). "Taxonomic Status of Acheilognathus sp. HR (Cypriniformes: Acheilognathidae) Found in the Dalcheon River, a Tributary of Hangang River, Korea". Korean Journal of Ichthyology (in Korean). 34 (4): 231–243. doi:10.35399/ISK.34.4.2. Retrieved 5 June 2023.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Acheilognathus&oldid=1209647616"

    Categories: 
    Acheilognathus
    Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
    Hidden categories: 
    CS1 Korean-language sources (ko)
    Articles with short description
    Short description matches Wikidata
    Articles with 'species' microformats
     



    This page was last edited on 22 February 2024, at 22:59 (UTC).

    Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Mobile view



    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki