Rhodeus lighti
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The Light's bitterling, Rhodeus lighti, is a temperate freshwater fish belonging to the Acheilognathinae sub-family of the Cyprinidae family. 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, and has also been described in scientific literature as Rhodeus lighti lighti.
The fish reaches a size of up to 5.2 centimetres (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.
[edit] References
- "Rhodeus lighti". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
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