Acheilognathus barbatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Acheilognathinae |
Genus: | Acheilognathus |
Species: | A. barbatus |
Binomial name | |
Acheilognathus barbatus Nichols, 1926 [1] | |
Acheilognathus barbatus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Acheilognathus . It is endemic to the Mingjiang and Yangtze rivers in China. Its common length is 4.0 cm.
Actinopterygii, or the ray-finned fishes, constitute a class or subclass of the bony fishes.
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".
The YangtzeRiver, which is 6,380 km (3,964 mi) long, is the longest river in Asia and the third-longest in the world. The river is the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It drains one-fifth of the land area of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and its river basin is home to nearly one-third of the country's population. The Yangtze is the sixth-largest river by discharge volume in the world.
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The striped bitterling is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Acheilognathus. It is endemic to Lake Biwa and Lake Yogo in Japan. It typically grows to a length of 6.0 cm.
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Acheilognathus fasciodorsalis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Acheilognathus. It is endemic to Vietnam.
Acheilognathus hondae is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Acheilognathus. It is endemic to South Korea.
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