Biology:Rhodeus uyekii

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Short description: Species of fish

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

Rhodeus uyekii is a temperate freshwater fish belonging to the Acheilognathinae sub-family of the family Cyprinidae. It originates in inland rivers in South Korea . It was originally described as Pseudoperilampus uyekii by T. Mori in 1935.

Named in honor of Homiki Uyeki (1882-1976), botanist, Suigen Agricultural College (type locality is in Suigen, Korea).[1]

The fish reaches a length up to 6.0 cm (2.4 in). When spawning, the females deposit their eggs inside bivalves, where they hatch and the young remain until they can swim.[2]

References

  1. "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families ACHEILOGNATHIDAE, GOBIONIDAE and TANICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cypriniformes14/. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Rhodeus uyekii" in FishBase. February 2007 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q846986 entry