Rhodeus lighti

Taxobox
name = Light's bitterling
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cypriniformes
familia = Cyprinidae
genus = "Rhodeus"
species = "R. lighti"
binomial = "Rhodeus lighti"
binomial_authority = (Wu, 1931)

The Light's bitterling, "Rhodeus lighti", is a temperate freshwater fish belonging to the Acheilognathinae sub-family of the Cyprinidae family. 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, and has also been described in scientific literature as "Rhodeus lighti lighti".

The fish reaches a size of up to 5.2 centimetres (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.

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