Acheilognathus longipinnis

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Overview

Family : Minnows or carps ;

Vulnerable

Common Names

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Description

Family Cyprinidae

Distribution: North America (northern Canada to southern Mexico), Africa, and Eurasia . Pharynx with 1-3 rows of teeth, each row with a maximum of 8 teeth. Usually thin lips , plicae or papillae absent; mouth sometimes suckerlike (Garra and Labeo). With or without barbels . Premaxilla usually borders the upper jaw making the maxilla entirely or almost entirely excluded from the gape. Usually protrusible upper jaw. Dorsal fin with spinelike rays in some. Primitive number of chromosomes 2n=50, some with 48; polyploidy exists. Maximum length at least 2.5 m to probably 3 m in Catlocarpio siamensis; many species less than 5 cm. Mainly non-guarders, but in some species males build nests and/or protect the eggs .The family Cyprinidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Cypriniformes. It contains 210 genera and 2010 species. It may be found in Brackish , and Freshwater environments and is primarily Primary freshwater. Many members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. This family may be found from 70° n to 34° s and 150° w to 170° e. Etymology of this family name : Greek, kyprinos = goldfish .

Habitat

Biome: Fresh water . Benthopelagic.

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Achilognathus longipinnis Regan, 1905

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 08-Apr-1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Acheilognathus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 60 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. barbatulus · A. barbatus · A. binidentatus · A. brevianalis · A. brevicaudatus · A. chankaensis · A. coreanus · A. cyanostigma (Striped Bitterling) · A. deignani · A. elongatoides · A. elongatus · A. elongatus brevicaudatus · A. elongatus microphysa · A. fasciodorsalis · A. gibbi · A. gracilis · A. gracilis gracilis · A. gracilis luchowensis · A. himantegus · A. hondae · A. hypselonotus · A. imberbis · A. imfasciodorsalis · A. koreensis · A. kristinae · A. kyphus · A. lancellata · A. lanceolata · A. lanceolatus · A. limbatus · A. longibarbatus · A. longipinnis (Itasenpara Bitterling) · A. macromandibularis · A. macropterus · A. majusculus · A. melanogaster · A. meridianus · A. mesembrinum · A. microphysa · A. moriokae · A. omeiensis · A. peihoensis · A. polylepis · A. polyspinus · A. pseudorhombea · A. rhombeus · A. robustus · A. shimazui · A. signifer (Korean Bittering) · A. smithii · A. somjinensis · A. steenackeri · A. tabira · A. tabira tabira · A. taenianalis · A. tokunagai · A. tonkinensis · A. typus · A. yamatsutae · A. elongatoides

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Further Reading

• Axelrod, H.R., W.E. Burgess, N. Pronek and J.G. Walls (1991). Dr. Axelrod's Atlas of freshwater aquarium fishes. Sixth edition. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey.
• Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
• Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
• International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) (1994). 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K.
• Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott (1991). World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 21, 2007.
• FishBase
• FishBase 2006.
• Kottelat, M. 1996. Acheilognathus longipinnis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
• Kottelat, M. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2486366
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-27424
• Fishbase Species ID: 9528
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 639459
• IUCN ID: 213
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1340

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