Rhodeus sinensis Günther, 1868
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5305.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:55EB7903-BB1A-45F9-9660-16DAF957C67A |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8097236 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA1A3C-FFB5-FFAB-38E2-18588AF164F8 |
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Plazi |
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Rhodeus sinensis Günther, 1868 |
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Rhodeus sinensis Günther, 1868 View in CoL View at ENA
[I] — Chinese bitterling
Taxonomy. Original description: Rhodeus sinensis Günther, 1868: 280 View in CoL [Zhejiang, China; lectotype: BMNH 1868.10.19.150; lectotype selected by Akai & Arai (1998: 105)].— Afghanistan synonyms: None.—Revisions: Akai & Arai (1998: 105).—Illustration: Akai & Arai (1998: 106, fig. 1).
Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Moravec and Amin (1978); confirmed by Coad (1981: 11; 2014: 318).—Afghanistan materials: CMN.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kabul River.—General distribution: Yangtze River basin, China; introduced somewhere.—Habitat: This species is found in slow-moving waters such as lakes, ponds, and agricultural canals. Dependent on molluscs for reproductive cycles, but apparently no specific host. Freshwater.
Economic importance. Has potential to be used as aquarium fish.
Reasons of introduction. Unknown: Inadvertently introduced by transboundary waterways for no known reason or method.
Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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Rhodeus sinensis Günther, 1868
| Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Eagderi, Soheil, Sungur, Sevil, Coad, Brian W & Hamdard, Mohammad Hamid 2023 |
Rhodeus sinensis Günther, 1868: 280
| Gunther 1868: 280 |