Abbottina rivularis

Basic information
Scientific name	Abbottina rivularis	Click to magnify
Common names	Chinese false gudgeon
Higher taxon	Cyprinidae, Cypriniformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	E Continental China, Korean Peninsula, and Japan (the Nobi Plain, Kinki District, Okayama, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka Prefs.)
Habitat	Lowland slow streams and canals irrigation, lakes and ponds.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Miyagi and Niigata Prefs., Kanto District, and Biwako Lake (Shiga Pref.)
Origin	Biwako Lake, Japan.
Date	Unknown. The first record in Kasumigaura Lake (Ibaraki Pref.) was in 1960.
Route	Unknown. Possibly accidental: Hitchhiking with seed release of ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis).
Impact	Unknown impact.
Regulation in Japan	No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries	Laos, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, etc.

Reference

Notes

Froese & Pauly (eds) (2009) FishBase (Accessed on 2010-12-06) http://www.fishbase.org/search.cfm
Kawanabe et al. (eds) (2002) Freshwater Fishes of Japan, 3rd ed.. Yama-kei Publishers, Tokyo (in Jpn)
Matsuzawa & Senou (2008) Alien fishes of Japan. Bun-ichi Sogo Shuppan, Tokyo (in Jpn)
Yanai et al. (2008) The introduction process in alien fishes found from Lake Kasumigaura and Kitaura. Bull Ibaraki Pref Freshwater Fishery Exper St. 41, 47-54 (in Jpn)