Acrossocheilus

Acrossocheilus is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae, native to freshwater in China, Taiwan, Laos, and Vietnam.[1][2] They are fairly small, no more than 30 cm (1 ft) in standard length.[1]

Acrossocheilus
Acrossocheilus paradoxus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Acrossocheilus
Ōshima, 1919
Type species
Gymnostomus formosanus
Regan, 1908

Species

There are currently 26 recognized species of this genus.[1] Four species have sometimes been moved to Masticbarbus,[2] but it has yet to be widely accepted. Some species from Southeast Asia have been moved to Neolissochilus.

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Acrossocheilus in FishBase. February 2017 version.
  2. Yuan, L.-Y.; Liu, X.-X. & Zhang, E. (2015). "Mitochondrial phylogeny of Chinese barred species of the cyprinid genus Acrossocheilus Oshima, 1919 (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) and its taxonomic implications". Zootaxa. 4059 (1): 151–168. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.8. PMID 26701558. S2CID 43748918.
  3. Lan, Zhao-Jun; Chan, Bosco-Puilok & Zhao, Jun. "Acrossocheilus multistriatus, a new species of barbine fish (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Zhujiang River basin, South China". Zoological Systematics. 39 (3): 433–441.
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