Rhodeus fangi

Rhodeus fangi is a subtropical freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acheilognathidae, the bitterlings. It originates in the Pearl River, Yangtze River in China. It was originally described as Pararhodeus fangi by C.P. Miao in 1934.^[3]

Rhodeus fangi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Suborder:	Cyprinoidei
Family:	Acheilognathidae
Genus:	Rhodeus
Species:	R. fangi
Binomial name
Rhodeus fangi (Miao, 1934)
Synonyms[2]
Pararhodeus fangi C. P. Miao, 1934

Etymology

Named in honor of ichthyologist Fang Ping-Wen (sometimes transcribed as Bingwen, 1903–1944), Metropolitan Museum of Natural History, Academia Sinica (spelled "Sinerica" by Miao), Nanjing, China.^[4]

When spawning, the females deposit their eggs inside bivalves, where they hatch and the young remain until they can swim.