Sarcocheilichthys variegatus

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| image = Sarcocheilichthys variegatus microoculus by OpenCage.jpg

| image_caption = Sarcocheilichthys variegatus microoculus

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Lyons, T.J. |year=2023 |title=Sarcocheilichthys variegatus |page=e.T110464523A110464530 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T110464523A110464530.en |access-date=3 March 2025}}

| taxon = Sarcocheilichthys variegatus

| display_parents = 3

| authority = (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

| synonyms = {{Specieslist

| Leuciscus variegatus | Temminck & Schlegel, 1846

| Sarcocheilichthys koreensis | Mori, 1927

| Sarcocheilichthys microoculus | Mori, 1927

| Sarcocheilichthys wakiyae | Mori, 1927}}

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Sarcocheilichthys variegatus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae, the gudgeons.{{Cof genus|genus=Sarcocheilichthys|access-date=3 March 2025}} This fish is endemic to Japan.{{FishBase|Sarcocheilichthys|variegatus|month=November|year= 2016}}