Acheilognathus
Acheilognathus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acheilognathidae, the bitterlings. The fishes in this genus are found in Asia. The name is derived from the Greek a, meaning "without", the Greek cheilos, meaning "lip", and the Greek gnathos, meaning "jaw".
Morphology
Fish of this genus range in length from 5 to 27 cm. They are similar in appearance to fishes of the genus Puntius.Species
These are the currently recognized species in this genus:- Acheilognathus amurensis
- Acheilognathus asmussii
- 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 Qing Yang, Y. R. Zhu, B. X. Xiong & H. Z. Liu, 2011
- Acheilognathus chankaensis
- Acheilognathus coreanus Steindachner, 1892
- Acheilognathus cyanostigma D. S. Jordan & Henry [Weed Fowler|Fowler], 1903
- Acheilognathus deignani
- Acheilognathus elongatoides Kottelat, 2001
- Acheilognathus elongatus
- Acheilognathus fasciodorsalis V. H. Nguyễn, 2002
- Acheilognathus gracilis Nichols, 1926
- Acheilognathus hypselonotus
- Acheilognathus imberbis Günther, 1868
- Acheilognathus imfasciodorsalis V. H. Nguyễn, 2002
- Acheilognathus kyphus
- Acheilognathus lanchiensis
- Acheilognathus longibarbatus
- Acheilognathus longipinnis Regan, 1905
- Acheilognathus longispinnis
- Acheilognathus macromandibularis A. Doi, R. Arai & H. Z. Liu, 1999
- Acheilognathus macropterus
- Acheilognathus majusculus I. S. Kim & H. Yang, 1998
- Acheilognathus melanogaster Bleeker, 1860
- Acheilognathus mengyangensis Z. G. Chen, J. H. Gong & Y. S. Guo, 2021
- Acheilognathus meridianus
- Acheilognathus microphysa J. X. Yang, X. L. Chu & Y. R. Chen, 1990
- Acheilognathus nanchongensis X. J. Deng, 1996
- Acheilognathus nguyenvanhaoi H. D. Nguyễn, Đ. H. Trần & Tạ [Thị Thuỷ|T. T. Tạ], 2013
- Acheilognathus omeiensis
- Acheilognathus polylepis
- Acheilognathus polyspinus.
- Acheilognathus rhombeus.
- Acheilognathus striatus Qing Yang, B. X. Xiong, Q. Y. Tang & H. Z. Liu, 2010
- Acheilognathus tabira D. S. Jordan & William [Francis Thompson (biologist)|W. F. Thompson], 1914.
- Acheilognathus tonkinensis
- Acheilognathus typus
- Acheilognathus yamatsutae Mori, 1928
- Acheilognathus sp.
- Acheilognathus sp. HR