Acheilognathus rhombeus
Species of fish
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Acheilognathus rhombeus is a temperate freshwater fish belonging to the family Acheilognathidae, the bitterlings. 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 genus Acheilognathus.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Suborder: | Cyprinoidei |
| Family: | Acheilognathidae |
| Genus: | Acheilognathus |
| Species: | A. rhombeus |
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When spawning, the females deposit their eggs inside bivalves, where they hatch and the young remain until they can swim.
