Acheilognathus tonkinensis

Acheilognathus tonkinensis is a species of cyprinid fish in the subfamily Acheilognathinae. It is found in northern Vietnam, Laos, and southern China.[1][2] It occurs in rivers and deposits its eggs inside freshwater mussels.[1]

Acheilognathus tonkinensis

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Acheilognathinae
Genus: Acheilognathus
Species:
A. tonkinensis
Binomial name
Acheilognathus tonkinensis
(Vaillant, 1892)[2]
Synonyms
  • Acanthorhodeus tonkinensis Vaillant, 1892
  • Acanthorhodeus robustus Holcík, 1972

References
  1. Huckstorf, V. & Freyhof, J. (2011). "Acheilognathus tonkinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T166179A6187566. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Acheilognathus tonkinensis " in FishBase. December 2019 version.


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