Tokyo bitterling
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Tanakia tanago (Tanaka, 1909) |
The Tokyo bitterling, Tanakia tanago, is a temperate freshwater fish belonging to the Acheilognathinae sub-family of the Cyprinidae family. It originates in the Kantō Mountains of Japan. It was originally described as Rhodeus tanago by Tanaka in 1990. The fish reaches a size of up to 5.0 centimetres (2.0 in).
[edit] References
- "Tanakia tanago". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.