Rhodeus uyekii

Rhodeus uyekii
	Korean rose bitterling
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Acheilognathinae
Genus:	Rhodeus
Species:	R. uyekii
Binomial name
	Rhodeus uyekii; (T. Mori, 1935)
Synonyms
	Pseudoperilampus uyekii Mori, 1935;

Rhodeus uyekii is a temperate freshwater fish belonging to the Acheilognathinae sub-family of the family Cyprinidae. It originates in inland rivers in South Korea. It was originally described as Pseudoperilampus uyekii by T. Mori in 1935.

Named in honor of (1882-1976), botanist, Suigen Agricultural College (type locality is in Suigen, Korea).^[1]

The fish reaches a length up to 6.0 cm (2.4 in). When spawning, the females deposit their eggs inside bivalves, where they hatch and the young remain until they can swim.^[2]

References[]

^ 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.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2007). "Rhodeus uyekii" in FishBase. February 2007 version.

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[ETYFish-1] 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.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2007). "Rhodeus uyekii" in FishBase. February 2007 version.

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