Abbottina rivularis, also known as the Chinese false gudgeon or the Amur false gudgeon,[1] is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows.

[2] A. rivularis has eight dark spots along its lateral line and many black dots on its caudal fin.

[3] A. rivularis lives in rivers and lakes,[2] and it is often found in converted lowland aquatic habitat, such as irrigation ditches and ponds associated with rice paddies.

[4] In the slow moving, lentic rivers and lakes that it inhabits, it prefers sandy or muddy bottoms.

A. rivularis is host to a number of recorded parasites, including the monogenean flatworms Gyrodactylus rivularae and G. gobioninum,[5] several trematode flatworms of the genus Diplostomum,[6] and the tapeworm Khawia abbottinae.