| Elongate Bitterling | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Acheilognathus |
| Species: | A. elongatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Acheilognathus elongatus (Regan, 1908) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Acanthorhodeus elongatus |
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The Elongate Bitterling (Acheilognathus elongatus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It has a silvery-white body with an olive dorsal surface and a black stripe along the side. It is found only in China in shallow water areas along lake shores. It grows to a maximum length of 7.0 cm.
The fish is currently listed as critically endangered because its Lake Dianchi habitat is threatened due to water pollution, which causes the destruction of its bivalves, which are essential for hatching its eggs. Likewise, artificial dykes and the enclosing of lakes for farmland is causing degradation of its habitat.