Acrossocheilus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, native to freshwater habitats in China, Taiwan, Laos, and Vietnam. Fishes in this genus are fairly small, with no species surpassing in standard length.
Species There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus, as listed below.Fricke, Ron, Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Acrossocheilus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 May 2026. Previously, this genus contained many more species, but some have been shown to be mere synonyms, and others have been moved to Neolissochilus, Poropuntius, Onychostoma and Masticbarbus in recent years.
Acrossocheilus beijiangensis Wu & Lin 1977 Acrossocheilus clivosius (Lin, 1935) Acrossocheilus dabieensis Chen & Zhao, 2025 Acrossocheilus fasciatus (Steindachner, 1892) Acrossocheilus furongjiangensis Xiao, 2024 Acrossocheilus hemispinus (Nichols, 1925) Acrossocheilus ikedai (Harada, 1943) Acrossocheilus jishouensis Zhao, Chen & Li, 1997 Acrossocheilus kreyenbergii (Regan, 1908) Acrossocheilus labiatus (Regan, 1908) Acrossocheilus multistriatus Lan, Chan & Zhao, 2014 Acrossocheilus paradoxus (Günther, 1868) Acrossocheilus parallens (Nichols, 1931) Acrossocheilus rendahli (Lin, 1931) Acrossocheilus spinifer Yuan, Wu & Zhang, 2006 Acrossocheilus wenchowensis Wang, 1935 Additionally, the following two binomials, each formerly representing a species of Acrossocheilus, have now been put into another binomial's synonymy by the Catalog of Fishes:
Acrossocheilus lamus (Mai, 1978) (now deemed as a synonym of Masticbarbus microstoma (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936)) Acrossocheilus malacopterus Zhang, 2005 (now deemed as a synonym of Angustistoma barbatum (Lin, 1931))
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