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Deep body bitterling

Acheilognathus macropterus (Bleeker, 1871)

Status not recordedbony fish

The deep body bitterling (Acheilognathus macropterus) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the deep body bitterling

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the deep body bitterling live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the deep body bitterling as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Japaninvasive

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the deep body bitterling endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the deep body bitterling classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusAcheilognathus
  7. SpeciesAcheilognathus macropterus (Bleeker, 1871)

Synonyms Acanthorhodeus bergi, Acanthorhodeus dicaeus, Acanthorhodeus guichenoti, Acanthorhodeus jeholicus, Acanthorhodeus longispinnis, Acanthorhodeus macropterus, Acanthorhodeus ngowyangi, Acanthorhodeus tonkiennsis, Acheilognathus dicaeus, Acheliognathus macropterus, Paracheilognathus jeholicus

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Giant Chinese bitterlingEnglish
  • hořavka velkoploutváCzech
  • KæmpebitterlingDanish
  • RiesenbitterlingGerman
  • オオタナゴJapanese
  • 큰 납지리Korean
  • Китайский колючий горчакRussian
  • Cá Thè Be Vây DàiVietnamese
  • 大鰭鱊Chinese
  • 大鳍鱊Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the deep body bitterling

Other species in the same genus Acheilognathus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the deep body bitterling an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the deep body bitterling as invasive in 1 country: Japan. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

What kind of animal is the deep body bitterling?

The deep body bitterling (Acheilognathus macropterus) belongs to the family Cyprinidae in the order Cypriniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Deep body bitterling (Acheilognathus macropterus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/deep-body-bitterling

MLA

“Deep body bitterling (Acheilognathus macropterus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/deep-body-bitterling.

BibTeX
@misc{deep_body_bitterling_2026,
  title = {Deep body bitterling (Acheilognathus macropterus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/deep-body-bitterling},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}