Kyushu bitterling

Taxobox
name = Kyushu bitterling
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cypriniformes
familia = Cyprinidae
genus = "Rhodeus"
species = "R. atremius"
binomial = "Rhodeus atremius"
binomial_authority = Jordan & Thompson, 1914Verify source|date=August 2008

The Kyushu bitterling, "Rhodeus atremius", is a temperate freshwater fish belonging to the Acheilognathinae sub-family of the Cyprinidae family. It originates on Kyushu Island in Japan. It was originally described as "Acanthorhodeus atremius" by Jordan & Thompson in 1914.

The fish reaches a size of up to 6 centimetres (2.4 in), and is native to freshwater habitats with a pH of 6.8 to 7.8, a hardness of 20 DH, and 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.

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