Acheilognathus cyanostigma

Basic information
Scientific name	Acheilognathus cyanostigma	(No picture)
Common names	Striped bitterling
Higher taxon	Cyprinidae, Cypriniformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	Central Japan. Biwako-Yodogawa, River System, Kinokawa River System, Mikatako Lake, and the Nobi Plain.
Habitat	Slow streams such as canals irrigation, lakes and ponds.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Toyama, Okayama, and Kumamoto Prefs., and Shikoku Is.
Origin	Biwako Lake, Japan.
Date	Unknown.
Route	Accidental: Hitchhiking on seed release of ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis).
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)