Acrossocheilus iridescens

Acrossocheilus iridescens is a species of cyprinid fish native to freshwater in southeastern China, Laos and northern Vietnam.[3] It reaches up to 29.7 cm (11.7 in) in length.[2] Juveniles are pale yellowish with 5-6 narrow dark bars, but in adults (over 11 cm or 4.3 in long) the dark bars are broad.[3] It has sometimes included A. longipinnis as a subspecies, but recent authorities recognize them as separate species.[3]

Acrossocheilus iridescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Acrossocheilus
Species:
A. iridescens
Binomial name
Acrossocheilus iridescens
Synonyms
  • Barbus barbodon Nichols & Pope, 1927
  • Cyclocheilichthys iridescens Nichols & Pope, 1927
  • Lissochilus longipinnis Wu, 1939
  • Masticbarbus pentafasciatus Tang, 1942

References
  1. V. Huckstorf; J. Freyhof (2011). "Acrossocheilus iridescens". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. e.T166034A6174782. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T166034A6174782.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Acrossocheilus iridescens" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  3. Yuan, Chan & Zhang (2012). Acrossocheilus longipinnis (Wu 1939), a senior synonym of Acrossocheilus stenotaeniatus Chu & Cui 1989 from the Pearl River basin (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa 3586: 160–172.


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