Acheilognathus tabira erythropterus

Basic information
Scientific name	Acheilognathus tabira erythropterus	Click to magnify
Common names	Red tabira bitterling, Akahire-tabira
Higher taxon	Cyprinidae, Cypriniformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	Miyagi, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Chiba, Tokyo Prefs., Japan
Habitat	Lowland rivers (frequently around river mouse), lakes and ponds.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Aomori Pref.
Origin	Within Japan.
Date	Unknown.
Route	Unknown.
Impact	Competition with native bitterlings in oviposition site bivalves. Affected organism: 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)