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Family: Acheilognathidae Bitterlings



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Acanthorhodeus chankaensis Khanka spiny bitterling Asia 14.4 TL 1872
Acheilognathus asmussii Russian bitterling Asia 16 TL 1872
Acheilognathus barbatulus Asia 8.7 TL 1873
Acheilognathus barbatus Asia 9 TL 1926
Acheilognathus binidentatus Asia 2001
Acheilognathus brevicaudatus Asia 1987
Acheilognathus changtingensis Asia 6.4 SL 2011
Acheilognathus coreanus Asia 10 TL 1892
Acheilognathus cyanostigma Striped bitterling Asia 6 TL 1903
Acheilognathus deignani Asia 5.2 SL 1945
Acheilognathus elongatoides Asia 9.8 SL 2001
Acheilognathus elongatus Asia 19.8 SL 1908
Acheilognathus fasciodorsalis Asia 2001
Acheilognathus gracilis Asia 5.8 SL 1926
Acheilognathus hondae Asia 1913
Acheilognathus hypselonotus Asia 16.5 SL 1871
Acheilognathus imberbis Asia 8 TL 1868
Acheilognathus imfasciodorsalis Asia 2001
Acheilognathus intermedia Asia. North Korea and Ja 13 TL 1846
Acheilognathus kyphus Asia. 1978
Acheilognathus lanchiensis Asia 5.1 SL 1936
Acheilognathus longibarbatus Asia 9.2 SL 1978
Acheilognathus longipinnis Deepbody bitterling Asia 8 TL 1905
Acheilognathus macromandibularis Asia 5.2 SL 1999
Acheilognathus macropterus Asia 27.5 SL 1871
Acheilognathus majusculus Asia 10.0 SL 1998
Acheilognathus melanogaster Asia 5.3 SL 1860
Acheilognathus meridianus Asia 11.9 TL 1939
Acheilognathus microphysa Asia 6.8 SL 1990
Acheilognathus nguyenvanhaoi Asia 2013
Acheilognathus omeiensis Asia 7.2 SL 1934
Acheilognathus peihoensis Asia. 1910
Acheilognathus polylepis Asia 9.5 SL 1964
Acheilognathus polyspinus Asia 1972
Acheilognathus rhombeus Asia 13.5 TL 1846
Acheilognathus striatus Asia 5.4 SL 2010
Acheilognathus tabira Asia 7.9 SL 1914
Acheilognathus taenianalis Asia 11.1 FL 1873
Acheilognathus tonkinensis Asia 12.2 TL 1892
Acheilognathus typus Asia 1863
Acheilognathus yamatsutae Asia 16 TL 1928
Paratanakia chii Asia 5.6 SL 1934
Paratanakia himantegus Asia 8 TL 1868
Pseudorhodeus tanago Tokyo bitterling Asia 5 TL 1909
Rhodeus albomarginatus Asia 5.8 SL 2014
Rhodeus amarus European bitterling Europe 11.2 TL 1782
Rhodeus amurensis Asia 1967
Rhodeus atremius Kyushu bitterling Asia 6 TL 1914
Rhodeus colchicus Western Asia 6.8 SL 2001
Rhodeus fangi Asia 6.5 SL 1934
Rhodeus haradai Asia 5.6 SL 1990
Rhodeus laoensis Asia 4.7 SL 1998
Rhodeus lighti Light's bitterling Asia 7.2 TL 1931
Rhodeus meridionalis Europe 9.5 SL 1924
Rhodeus monguonensis Asia 1989
Rhodeus notatus Asia 4.9 TL 1929
Rhodeus ocellatus Rosy bitterling Asia 9.2 SL 1866
Rhodeus pseudosericeus Asia 6.1 SL 2001
Rhodeus rheinardti Asia 1883
Rhodeus sciosemus Asia 1914
Rhodeus sericeus Bitterling Asia. Amur basin and Sak 11 TL 1776
Rhodeus shitaiensis Asia 6.2 SL 2011
Rhodeus sinensis Asia 10.8 TL 1868
Rhodeus smithii Asia 6.5 TL 1908
Rhodeus spinalis Asia 10 TL 1926
Rhodeus suigensis Asia 1935
Rhodeus uyekii Asia 6.2 TL 1935
Sinorhodeus microlepis Asia 5.8 SL 2017
Tanakia koreensis Asia 8.9 TL 1990
Tanakia lanceolata Asia 13.1 TL 1846
Tanakia latimarginata Asia 7.5 SL 2014
Tanakia limbata Oily bitterling Asia 6 TL 1846
Tanakia shimazui Asia 1908
Tanakia signifer Korean bittering Asia 1907
Tanakia somjinensis Asia 1991



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