Abbottina rivularis, also known as the Chinese false gudgeon or the Amur false gudgeon,[1] is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It is native to China, Korea, and Japan, but it has been introduced to the Mekong River Basin and is also known from rivers in Turkmenistan.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobioninae |
| Genus: | Abbottina |
| Species: | A. rivularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Abbottina rivularis (Basilewsky, 1855)
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Description
editA. rivularis has eight dark spots along its lateral line and many black dots on its caudal fin.[2]When maturity is reached, this species' total length is about 4 to 5 centimetres (1.6 to 2.0 in), however the maximum recorded length for A. rivularis was recorded to be 18.9 centimetres (7.4 in).[3]
Distribution and Habitat
editA. rivularis lives in rivers and lakes,[2] and it is often found in converted lowland aquatic habitat, such as irrigation ditches and ponds associated with rice paddies.[4] In the slow moving, lentic rivers and lakes that it inhabits, it prefers sandy or muddy bottoms. Native to China and Japan, this species has been introduced into the Mekong river basin, and has also been recorded Tedzhen River of Turkmenistan.
Biology
editA. rivularis is host to a number of recorded parasites, including the monogenean flatworms Gyrodactylus rivularae and G. gobioninum,[5] several trematode flatworms of the genus Diplostomum,[6] and the tapeworm Khawia abbottinae.[7] An egg laying species A. rivularis, reproduces by laying eggs into a nest. Males construct the nest, which ranges from 12 to 43 centimetres (17 in) in diameter, at a depth from 8 to 34 centimetres (13 in). The male also broods over the spawn, which might consist of 1,700 eggs or more. [8]
References
edit- ^ a b Bogutskaya, N. (2022). "Abbottina rivularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T166007A1105303. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T166007A1105303.en. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ a b c Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds.) Abbottina rivularis. FishBase. 2011.
- ^ Huo, T.B., Z.F. Jiang, A. Karjan, Z.C. Wang, F.J. Tang and H.X. Yu, 2012. Length- weight relationships of 16 fish species from the Tarim River, China. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 28:152-153.
- ^ Hayashi, K., et al. (2013). Growth and habitat use of the Chinese false gudgeon, Abbottina rivularis, in an irrigation channel near the Ushizu River, northern Kyushu Island, Japan. Ichthyological Research 60, 218-26.
- ^ You, P., et al. (2011). Gyrodactylus rivularae n. sp.(Monogenoidea: Gyrodactylidae) from Abbottina rivularis (Basilewsky, 1855) (Pisces: Cyprinidae) in Central China. Comparative Parasitology 78(2), 257-60.
- ^ Shed'ko, M. B. (2003). Features of pathogenesis of Diplostomum infection in riverine Abbottina rivularis (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Primor'e. Parazitologiia 37(2), 118-26.
- ^ Xi, B. W., et al. (2013). Khawia abbottinae sp. n.(Cestoda: Caryophyllidea) from the Chinese false gudgeon Abbottina rivularis (Cyprinidae: Gobioninae) in China: morphological and molecular data. Folia Parasitologica 60(2), 141-48.
- ^ Berg, L.S., 1964. Freshwater fishes of the U.S.S.R. and adjacent countries. volume 2, 4th edition. Israel Program for Scientific Translations Ltd, Jerusalem. (Russian version published 1949).
Further reading
edit- Yan, Y. Z. and Y. F. Chen. (2007). Changes in the life history of Abbottina rivularis in Lake Fuxian. Journal of Fish Biology 70(3), 959–64.