Acheilognathus rhombeus

Taxobox
name = "Acheilognathus rhombeus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cypriniformes
familia = Cyprinidae
genus = "Acheilognathus"
species = "A. rhombeus"
binomial = "Acheilognathus rhombeus"
binomial_authority = (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

"Acheilognathus rhombeus" is a temperate freshwater fish belonging to the Acheilognathinae sub-family of the Cyprinidae family. It originates in Japan and the Korean Peninsula. It was originally described as "Capoeta rhombea" by Temminck & Schlegel in 1846. It is the type species for the "Acheilognathus" genus.

When spawning, the females deposit their eggs inside bivalves, where they hatch and the young remain until they can swim.

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