Biology:Russian bitterling
| Russian bitterling | |
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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: | Acheilognathus |
| Species: | A. asmussii
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| Binomial name | |
| Acheilognathus asmussii (Dybowski, 1872)
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The Russian bitterling (Acheilognathus asmussii), or spiny bitterling, is a temperate freshwater fish belonging to the Acheilognathinae sub-family of the family Cyprinidae. It originates in the Amur River basin in Asia, and is found in China and Russia .
It was originally described as Devario asmussii possibly in honor of German entomologist Eduard Assmuss (1838-1882) by Benedykt Dybowski in 1872.[1]
The fish will grow in length up to 16 centimetres (6 in). It lives in a temperate climate in water with a temperature range of 18 °C to 22 °C (64 °F to 72 °F). It is of commercial importance for public aquariums.
When spawning, female hides eggs inside Cristaria mussels and the male fertilizes them externally. The pair do not guard the eggs.
References
- ↑ "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/.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Acheilognathus asmussii" in FishBase. August 2011 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q3233168 entry
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