Rhodeus spinalis
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| Rhodeus spinalis Oshima, 1926 |
Rhodeus spinalis is a subtropical freshwater and brackish water fish belonging to the Acheilognathinae sub-family of the Cyprinidae family. It originates on Hainan Island and the Xijiang River basin in China, and is suspected of being native to portions of Vietnam. It was originally described by M. Oshima in 1926. The fish reaches a size of up to 10.0 centimetres (3.9 in).
When spawning, the females deposit their eggs inside bivalves, where they hatch and the young remain until they can swim.
[edit] References
- "Rhodeus spinalis". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
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