Acheilognathus tabira tabira

Basic information
Scientific name	Acheilognathus tabira tabira	Click to magnify
Common names
Higher taxon	Cyprinidae, Cypriniformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	C & W Honshu and NE Shikoku Island, Japan.
Habitat	Usually rocky and sometimes sandy or muddy bottom in Biwako Lake. Some small ponds and canals irrigation.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Aomori and Shimane Prefs.
Origin	Within Japan
Date	Unknown.
Route	Accidental: Hitchhiking on seed release of Ayu sweetfish (Plecoglossus a. altivelis).
Impact	Potentially: Competition for bivalves as oviposition site. Native organism(s) affected: Other native bitterlings.
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 2010-12-03) 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 (2010) Alien fishes of Japan. Bun-ichi Sogo Shuppan, Tokyo (in Jpn)