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.

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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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