Rhodeus rheinardti is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Acheilognathinae subfamily of the family Cyprinidae. It originates in the Perfume River, near Hué, Vietnam. It was originally described as Danio rheinardti by G. Tirant in 1883.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Acheilognathinae |
| Genus: | Rhodeus |
| Species: | R. rheinardti
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| Rhodeus rheinardti (Tirant, 1883)
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Named possibly in honor of Pierre-Paul Rheinart (1840-1902), a French official in Hué, Viêt Nam (type locality for this bitterling), who sent zoological specimens to Paris.[2]
When spawning, the females deposit their eggs inside bivalves, where they hatch and the young remain until they can swim.[3]
References edit
- ^ Huckstorf, V. (2012). "Rhodeus rheinardti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. IUCN: e.T181054A1693330. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181054A1693330.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families ACHEILOGNATHIDAE, GOBIONIDAE and TANICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2007). "Rhodeus rheinardti" in FishBase. February 2007 version.
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