Rhodeus

Taxobox
name = Bitterlings


image_width = 240px
image_caption = Rosy Bitterling (nominate subspecies "Rhodeus ocellatus ocellatus")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cypriniformes
familia = Cyprinidae
genus = "Rhodeus"
genus_authority = Agassiz, 1832
type_species = "Cyprinus amarus"
type_species_authority = Bloch, 1782
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = 18, see text

"Rhodeus" is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of 18 species called bitterlings. The scientific name is derived from the Greek word "rhodeos", meaning "rose".

pecies

This genus and "Acheilognathus" have a convoluted taxonomic history, one being at times included in the other. They are now considered separate, but some species formerly in "Rhodeus" are now in "Acheilognathus". Other former members of "Rhodeus" are now in "Pseudoperilampus".

* "Rhodeus amarus" – European Bitterling (formerly in "R. sericeus")
* "Rhodeus amurensis"
* "Rhodeus atremius" – Kyushu Bitterling
* "Rhodeus colchicus"
* "Rhodeus fangi"
* "Rhodeus haradai"
* "Rhodeus laoensis"
* "Rhodeus lighti" – Light's Bitterling
* "Rhodeus ocellatus" – Rosy Bitterling
* "Rhodeus pseudosericeus"
* "Rhodeus rheinardti"
* "Rhodeus sciosemus"
* "Rhodeus sericeus" – Amur Bitterling (includes "R. mantschuricus")
* "Rhodeus sinensis"
* "Rhodeus smithii" (sometimes included in "R. ocellatus")
* "Rhodeus spinalis"
* "Rhodeus suigensis" (formerly in "R. atremius")
* "Rhodeus uyekii"

References

* (2006): [http://fishbase.se/NomenClature/ValidNameList.cfm?criteria=SYNONYMS.SynGenus+%3D+%27rhodeus%27++AND+SYNONYMS.SynSpecies+like+%27%25%25%27+&vtitle=Scientific+Names+where+genus+equals+%3Ci%3ERhodeus%3C%2Fi%3E "Rhodeus" species] . Version of 2006-MAR-14. Retrieved 2008-JAN-21.