Light's bitterling (Rhodeus lighti) is a temperate freshwater fish belonging to the subfamily Acheilognathinae of the family Cyprinidae. 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.
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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. lighti
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| Rhodeus lighti (H. W. Wu, 1931)
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The fish is named in honor of zoologist S. F. Light (1886–1947), University of California, Berkeley, for his "constant help and encouragement" in Wu's zoological studies during their three-year association at the University of Amoy (now Xiamen University).[2][3]
The fish reaches a length up to 7.2 cm (2.8 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 in the bivalves until they can swim.[4]
References
edit- ^ Chen, X.-Y. (2011). "Rhodeus lighti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. IUCN: e.T166025A6172925. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T166025A6172925.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ Wu, H-W. (1931). "Notes on the fishes from the Coast of Foochow region and Ming River". Contributions from the Biological Laboratory of the Science Society of China. Zoological Series. 7: 1–64.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family ACHEILOGNATHIDAE Bleeker 1863 (Bitterlings)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ https://www.fishbase.se/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=47833&AT=Light%26%2339%3Bs+Bitterling
- Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997. An annotated check-list of the freshwater fishes of Russia. J. Ichthyol. 37(9):687-736.
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