Tanakia lanceolata is a temperate freshwater fish belonging to the Acheilognathinae sub-family of the family Cyprinidae. It originates in inland waterways in China, Japan and the Korean peninsula. It was originally described as Capoeta lanceolata by Temminck & Schlegel in 1846, and has also been referred to as Acheilognathus lanceolata and Acheilognathus lanceolatus in scientific publications. Its Korean name is 납자루 (napjaru, meaning "slender bitterling"), and in Japanese is known as ヤリタナゴ (槍鱮 - yaritanago)

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Tanakia lanceolata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Acheilognathinae
Genus:	Tanakia
Species:	T. lanceolata
Binomial name
Tanakia lanceolata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Synonyms
Capoeta lanceolata Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 Acheilognathus lanceolata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Acheilognathus lanceolatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

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