Acheilognathus imberbis Günther, 1868
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Acheilognathus imberbis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Acheilognathus, a bitterling. It is endemic to the Zhejiang, Shandong, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan and Jiangsu provinces of China. Its common length is 6.7 cm.
Wikipedia contributors, Acheilognathus imberbis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:56:41.798632+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Acheilognathus imberbis Günther, 1868
- Name authority
- Günther, 1868
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Acheilognathus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyAcheilognathinae Bleeker, 1863
- genusAcheilognathus Bleeker, 1859
- speciesAcheilognathus imberbis Günther, 1868
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Acheilognathus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Acheilognathus barbatulus Günther, 1873 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus macromandibularis Doi, Arai & Liu, 1999 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus barbatus Nichols, 1926 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus brevicaudatus Chen & Li, 1987 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus changtingensis Yang, Zhu, Xiong & Liu, 2011 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus coreanus Steindachner, 1892 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus deignani (Smith, 1945) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus elongatoides Kottelat, 2001 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus elongatus (Regan, 1908) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus fasciodorsalis Nguyen, 2001 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus gracilis Nichols, 1926 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus hondae (Jordan & Metz, 1913) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Paracheilognathus imberbis (Günther, 1868) (Günther, 1868) | synonym |
| Achilognathus imberbis Günther, 1868 Günther, 1868 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Günther, A. (1868). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi fish containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae,... [thru]... Halosauridae, in the collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum., v. 7: i–xx + 1–512. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:96GX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.