Rhodeus laoensis

Species of fish

Rhodeus laoensis

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Cypriniformes
Family:  | Cyprinidae
Subfamily:  | Acheilognathinae
Genus:  | Rhodeus
Species:  |

R. laoensis

Binomial name
Rhodeus laoensis

Kottelat, A. Doi & Musikasinthorn in Kottelat, 1998

Rhodeus laoensis is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the subfamily Acheilognathinae of the family Cyprinidae. It originates in Nam Theun River in the Mekong Delta in Laos. The fish reaches a length up to 4.7 cm (1.9 in). When spawning, the females deposit their eggs inside bivalves, where they hatch and the young remain until they can swim. It was discovered in 1998 along with 21 other species by Maurice Kottelat[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Kottelat, M. (2012). "Rhodeus laoensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. IUCN: e.T180780A1662013. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T180780A1662013.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2007). "Rhodeus laoensis" in FishBase. February 2007 version.

Taxon identifiers

Rhodeus laoensis|

* Wikidata: Q3754507
* CoL: 796ZZ
* EoL: 219636
* FishBase: 50362
* GBIF: 2360816
* iNaturalist: 188236
* IRMNG: 11063149
* ITIS: 689961
* IUCN: 180780
* NCBI: 485430
* Open Tree of Life: 3627136
* Plazi: 9924AF49-00C3-38A9-FA36-99ECC0575981
* WoRMS: 1010486
* ZooBank: 7AA7681B-D557-4EB6-A071-8D60E341BCA9

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