Acheilognathus typus

Basic information
Scientific name	Acheilognathus typus	Click to magnify
Common names	Zenitanago
Higher taxon	Cyprinidae, Cypriniformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	Central to nothern Honshu, Japan.
Habitat	Lowland lakes and ponds, and small streams.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Nagano and Shizuoka Pref. (Suwako Lake and Tenryugawa River System).
Origin	Within Japan.
Date	Unknown.
Route	Accidental: Hitchhiking on introduction of bivalves (Cristaria plicata) as oviposition site for the bitterlings.
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)