Cyprinidae

Kinesisk Bitterling

Acheilognathus barbatulus

Mekong cool waters between eight and twenty degrees

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• East Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Small
• Tropical fish

Acheilognathus barbatulus, the Kinesisk bitterling, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Acheilognathus. It is endemic to the Mekong river in Laos, northern Vietnam and southern China in waters between 8-20 °C and its maximum length is 8.4 cm.