Light's bitterling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Acheilognathinae
Genus: Rhodeus
Species:
R. lighti
Binomial name
Rhodeus lighti
(H. W. Wu, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Pseudoperilampus lighti H.W Wu, 1931

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.

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]

The fish reaches a length up to 5.2 cm (2.0 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 until they can swim.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Chen, X.-Y. (2011). "Rhodeus lighti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T166025A6172925. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T166025A6172925.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2007). "Rhodeus lighti" in FishBase. February 2007 version.


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