Rhodeus suigensis is a temperate freshwater fish belonging to the Acheilognathinae subfamily of the family Cyprinidae. It originated in inland rivers in Japan and the Korean peninsula. It was originally described as Pseudoperilampus suigensis by T. Mori in 1935, and has also been referred to as Rhodeus atremius suigensis in scientific literature.[2] The species was listed as endangered in 1994 by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, but in 1996 was relisted as "data deficient".[1] When spawning, the females deposit their eggs inside bivalves, where they hatch and the young remain until they can swim.

Rhodeus suigensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Acheilognathinae
Genus: Rhodeus
Species:
R. suigensis
Binomial name
Rhodeus suigensis
(T. Mori, 1935)
Synonyms
  • Pseudoperilampus suigensis Mori, 1935

References edit

  1. ^ a b World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Rhodeus atremius ssp. suigensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T19672A9002268. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T19672A9002268.en. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2007). "Rhodeus suigensis" in FishBase. February 2007 version.