The bitterling-like cyprinids form the
cyprinoid family
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Acheilognathidae. This subfamily contains seven genera, although the
Khanka spiny bitterling is often placed in ''
Acheilognathus
''Acheilognathus'' iis a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acheilognathidae, the bitterlings. The fishes in this genus are found in Asia. The name is derived from the Greek ''a'', meaning "without", the Greek ''chei ...
'',
and at least 75 described
species
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to date. Over half of the species are in the genus ''Acheilognathus''.
Genera
Acheilognathidae contains the following genera:
* ''
Acheilognathus
''Acheilognathus'' iis a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acheilognathidae, the bitterlings. The fishes in this genus are found in Asia. The name is derived from the Greek ''a'', meaning "without", the Greek ''chei ...
''
Bleeker, 1859
* ''
Paratanakia''
Chang, Chen & Mayden, 2014
* ''
Pseudorhodeus''
Chang, Chen & Mayden, 2014
* ''
Rhodeus''
Agassiz
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Spending his early life in Switzerland, he recei ...
, 1832
* ''
Sinorhodeus''
Li, Liao & Arai, 2017
* ''
Tanakia''
D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914
References
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Cyprinoidei
Ray-finned fish subfamilies
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
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