Kyushu bitterling

Kyushu bitterling
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Chordata
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Actinopterygii
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Cypriniformes
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Cyprinidae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Acheilognathinae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Rhodeus
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	<div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">R. atremius
Binomial name
Rhodeus atremius (D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914)
Synonyms
Acanthorhodeus atremius Jordan & Thompson, 1914

The Kyushu bitterling (Rhodeus atremius) is a temperate freshwater fish belonging to the Acheilognathinae of the family Cyprinidae. It originates on Kyushu Island in Japan . It was originally described as Acanthorhodeus atremius by Jordan & Thompson in 1914.^[2] The fish reaches a size of up to 6 cm (2.5 in), and is native to freshwater habitats with a pH of 6.8 to 7.8, a hardness of 20 DH, and 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.

There are two currently recognised subspecies, Rhodeus atremius atremius and R. a. suigensis.^[1]

Wikidata ☰ Q3270295 entry

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