Rhodeus fangi

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Rhodeus fangi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Acheilognathinae
Genus: Rhodeus
Species:
R. fangi
Binomial name
Rhodeus fangi
(Miao, 1934)
Synonyms
  • Pararhodeus fangi Miao, 1934

Rhodeus fangi is a subtropical freshwater fish belonging to the Acheilognathinae subfamily of the family Cyprinidae. It originates in the Pearl River, Yangtze River in China. It was originally described as Pararhodeus fangi by C.P. Miao in 1934. [2]

Etymology

Named in honor of ichthyologist Fang Ping-Wen (sometimes transcribed as Bingwen, 1903-1944), Metropolitan Museum of Natural History, Academia Sinica (spelled “Sinerica” by Miao), Nanjing, China. [3]


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

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References

  1. Zhao, H. (2011). "Rhodeus fangi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN. 2011: e.T166055A6179510. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T166055A6179510.en . Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2007). "Rhodeus fangi" in FishBase . February 2007 version.
  3. 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.