Rhodeus spinalis

Rhodeus spinalis is a subtropical freshwater and brackish water fish belonging to the Acheilognathinae subfamily of the family Cyprinidae. It originates on Hainan Island and the Xijiang River basin in China, and may be native to portions of Vietnam. The fish reaches a length up to 10.0 cm (3.9 in). When spawning, the females deposit their eggs inside bivalves, where they hatch and the young remain until they can swim.[2]

Rhodeus spinalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Acheilognathinae
Genus: Rhodeus
Species:
R. spinalis
Binomial name
Rhodeus spinalis
Ōshima, 1926

References

  1. Huckstorf, V. (2012). "Rhodeus spinalis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T166962A1157470. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166962A1157470.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Rhodeus spinalis" in FishBase. February 2007 version.


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