Light's bitterling

Light's bitterling (Rhodeus lighti) is a temperate freshwater fish belonging to the subfamily Acheilognathinae of the family Cyprinidae. It originates in Russia and China, from the Amur River basin to southern China. It was originally described as Pseudoperilampus lighti by H.W. Wu in 1931.

Light's bitterling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Acheilognathinae
Genus: Rhodeus
Species:
R. lighti
Binomial name
Rhodeus lighti
(H. W. Wu, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Pseudoperilampus lighti H.W Wu, 1931

Named in honor of zoologist Sol Felty Light (1886-1947), University of California, for “constant help and encouragement” in Wu’s zoological studies during their three-year association at University of Amoy (now Xiamen University).[2]

The fish reaches a length up to 5.2 cm (2.0 in), and is native to freshwater habitats with a temperature of 10 to 25 °C (50 to 77 °F). When spawning, the females deposit their eggs inside bivalves, where they hatch and the young remain until they can swim.[3]

References
  1. Chen, X.-Y. (2011). "Rhodeus lighti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T166025A6172925. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T166025A6172925.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. 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.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2007). "Rhodeus lighti" in FishBase. February 2007 version.


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