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.
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| 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) | |
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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
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Rhodeus lighti" in FishBase. February 2007 version.
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