Rhodeus rheinardti
Species of fish
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Rhodeus rheinardti is a tropical freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acheilognathidae, the bitterlings. It originates in the Perfume River, near Hué, Vietnam. It was originally described as Danio rheinardti by G. Tirant in 1883.
| Rhodeus rheinardti | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Suborder: | Cyprinoidei |
| Family: | Acheilognathidae |
| Genus: | Rhodeus |
| Species: | R. rheinardti |
| Binomial name | |
| 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.[3]
When spawning, the females deposit their eggs inside bivalves, where they hatch and the young remain until they can swim.[4]
