Sarcocheilichthys

Sarcocheilichthys is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Gobionidae, the gudgeons. The fishes in this genus are found in eastern Asia.

Sarcocheilichthys
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus microoculus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Gobionidae
Genus:	Sarcocheilichthys Bleeker, 1860
Type species
Leuciscus variegatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Synonyms
Barbodon Dybowski, 1872 Chilogobio Berg, 1914 Exoglossops Fowler, 1920 Georgichthys Nichols, 1918

Species

Sarcocheilichthys includes the following recognised species:^[1]

• Sarcocheilichthys biwaensis K. Hosoya, 1982
• Sarcocheilichthys caobangensis V. H. Nguyễn & V. B. Vo, 2001
• Sarcocheilichthys davidi (Sauvage, 1878)
• Sarcocheilichthys hainanensis Nichols & C. H. Pope, 1927
• Sarcocheilichthys hanjiangensis I.-S. Chen & H.-E. Li. 2024.
• Sarcocheilichthys kiangsiensis Nichols, 1930
• Sarcocheilichthys lacustris (Dybowski, 1872)
• Sarcocheilichthys nigripinnis (Günther, 1873) (Rainbow gudgeon)
• Sarcocheilichthys parvus Nichols, 1930
• Sarcocheilichthys sciistius (Abbott, 1901) (Thicklip gudgeon)
• Sarcocheilichthys sinensis Bleeker, 1871 (Chinese lake gudgeon)
• Sarcocheilichthys variegatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
• Sarcocheilichthys vittatus C.-T. An, E. Zhang & J.-Z. Shen, 2020