Biology:Acrossocheilus

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

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]

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. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Acrossocheilus in FishBase. February 2017 version.
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 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. 
  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. http://www.zootax.com.cn/EN/abstract/abstract59.shtml. 

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