Light's bitterling

Light's bitterling (Rhodeus lighti) is a temperate freshwater fish belonging to the subfamily Acheilognathinae of the family Cyprinidae. It originates in Russia and China, from the Amur River basin to southern China. It was originally described as Pseudoperilampus lighti by H.W. Wu in 1931.

Light's bitterling

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Acheilognathinae
Genus: Rhodeus
Species:
R. lighti
Binomial name
Rhodeus lighti
(H. W. Wu, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Pseudoperilampus lighti H.W Wu, 1931

The fish reaches a length up to 5.2 cm (2.0 in), and is native to freshwater habitats with a temperature of 10 to 25 °C (50 to 77 °F). When spawning, the females deposit their eggs inside bivalves, where they hatch and the young remain until they can swim.[2]

References

  1. Chen, X.-Y. (2011). "Rhodeus lighti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T166025A6172925. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T166025A6172925.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Rhodeus lighti" in FishBase. February 2007 version.


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