Acheilognathus macropterus

Basic information
Scientific name	Acheilognathus macropterus	Click to magnify
Common names
Higher taxon	Cyprinidae, Cypriniformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	Far eastern Russia, Continental China, Korea, Vietnam
Habitat	Backwater of pond and stream. This species occur in coast to offshore, and overwinter around 4m depth zone in Lake Kasumigaura.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Lake Kasumigaura and Lake Kitaura, Ibaraki Pref. Reservoirs along the Tone River including Chiba, Tokyo, Saitama and Tochigi prefecture.
Origin	Continental China
Date	The first record in Japan was in 2001, at Lake Kasumigaura, and it is assumed that establishment was by 1999. In Lake Kitaura, recorded since 2003.
Route	Possibly deliberate: release of pet animal, or accidental: Hitchhiking on carp seedling or pearl bivalve for aquaculture.
Impact	Competition, hybridization with native fishes. Native organism(s) affected: Native bitterlings.
Regulation in Japan	Invasive alien species (Invasive Species Act) Keeping and release of this species in Shiga Pref. are controled by a prefectural ordinance.
Introduced range in other countries	None.

Reference

Notes

Froese & Pauly (eds) (2009) FishBase. http://www.fishbase.org/
Ikeda (supervising) DECO (ed) (2006) Dictionary of Alien Species. Tokyo-Shoseki, Tokyo. (in Jpn)
Matsuzawa & Senou (2008) Alien fishes of Japan. Bun-ichi Sogo-Shuppan, Tokyo (in Jpn)
Murakami & Washitani (supervising) Ecol. Soc. Japan (ed) (2002) Handbook of Alien Species in Japan. Chijin-Shokan, Tokyo. (in Jpn)
Taki (supervising) JWRC (ed) (2008) A Photographic Guide to the Invasive Alien Species in Japan. Heibonsha, Tokyo. (in Jpn)
(Proposal) Information and evaluations on alien species considered to require selection of invasive alien species.（Accessed on 2018-12-07）https://www.env.go.jp/nature/intro/4document/data/sentei/10/mat04.pdf