Rhodeus fangi

{{Speciesbox

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn | author = Zhao, H. | title = Rhodeus fangi | page = e.T166055A6179510 | date = 2011 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T166055A6179510.en | access-date = 15 January 2018}}

| taxon = Rhodeus fangi

| display_parents = 3

| authority = (Miao, 1934)

| synonyms = {{Species list | Pararhodeus fangi | C. P. Miao, 1934}}

| synonyms_ref = {{Cite GBIF|id=2360814|taxon=Rhodeus fangi|access-date=2025-02-20}}

}}

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.{{FishBase species | genus = Rhodeus | species = fangi | year = 2007| month = February }}

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.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/cypriniformes14/ | title = Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families ACHEILOGNATHIDAE, GOBIONIDAE and TANICHTHYIDAE | access-date= 3 March 2021 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}

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

References

fangi

Category:Freshwater fish of China

Category:Fish described in 1934