Rhodeus haradai

Rhodeus haradai is a subtropical freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acheilognathidae, the bitterlings. It originates in the Hainan province of China. When spawning, the females deposit their eggs inside bivalves, where they hatch and the young remain until they can swim.^[2]

Rhodeus haradai
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Suborder:	Cyprinoidei
Family:	Acheilognathidae
Genus:	Rhodeus
Species:	R. haradai
Binomial name
Rhodeus haradai R. Arai, N. Suzuki & S. C. Shen, 1990

Named in honor of I. Harada, ichthyologist who reported this new species as R. spinalis in 1943.^[3]