Acheilognathus rhombeus

Basic information
Scientific name	Acheilognathus rhombeus	Click to magnify
Common names	Kanehira
Higher taxon	Cyprinidae, Cypriniformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	Western Korean Peninsula and western Japan (Biwako-Yodogawa River System to NW Kyushu Is.).
Habitat	Slow small streams such as canals irrigation.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Miyagi and Ibaraki Prefs (Kasumigaura Lake River System).
Origin	Kinki District, Japan
Date	Establishment in Kasumigaura Lake was by 1973-1978.
Route	Unknown.
Impact	Competition with native bitterlings in oviposition site bivalves. Native organism(s) affected: Native bitterling species.
Regulation in Japan	No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries	None.

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)