Acheilognathus melanogaster

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Acheilognathus melanogaster
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Acheilognathinae
Genus: Acheilognathus
Species:
A. melanogaster
Binomial name
Acheilognathus melanogaster
Bleeker, 1860 [2]
Synonyms
  • Acheilognathus moriokae Jordan & Thompson, 1914

Acheilognathus melanogaster is a species of brackish, freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Acheilognathus . It is endemic to Japan.

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Acheilognathus kyphus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Acheilognathus. It is endemic to eastern Asia; inhabiting Thailand and northern Vietnam. However, due to a general lack of knowledge, IUCN has classified the fish as being data deficient. In Czech, Acheilognathus kyphus is known as "Hořavka thajská", meaning Thai bitterling.

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Acheilognathus typus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Acheilognathus. It is endemic to Japan.

Acheilognathus imfasciodorsalis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Acheilognathus. It is endemic to Vietnam.

Acheilognathus nguyenvanhaoi is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Acheilognathus. It is endemic to Vietnam.

References

  1. ↑ Miyazaki, Y., Nakajima, J., Takaku, K. & Taniguchi, Y. 2019. Acheilognathus melanogaster. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T169610A114824825. Downloaded on 23 July 2019.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Acheilognathus melanogaster" in FishBase. April 2006 version.


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