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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Acheilognathinae |
| Genus: | Rhodeus |
| Species: | R. laoensis
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| Rhodeus laoensis | |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rhodeus laoensis". FishBase. February 2007 version.
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