Rhodeus spinalis

Rhodeus spinalis is a subtropical freshwater and brackish water ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acheilognathidae, the bitterlings. It originates on Hainan Island and the Xijiang River basin in China, and may be native to portions of Vietnam. The fish reaches a length up to 10.0 cm (3.9 in). When spawning, the females deposit their eggs inside bivalves, where they hatch and the young remain until they can swim.^[3]

Rhodeus spinalis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Suborder:	Cyprinoidei
Family:	Acheilognathidae
Genus:	Rhodeus
Species:	R. spinalis
Binomial name
Rhodeus spinalis Ōshima, 1926
Synonyms[2]
Pseudoperilampus hainanensis Nichols & Pope, 1927 Rhodeus ocellatus vietnamensis Đ. Y. Mai, 1978 Rhodeus vietnamensis Mai, 1978