Rhodeus laoensis
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Rhodeus laoensis is a tropical freshwater
fish
belonging to the Acheilognathinae
sub-family of the Cyprinidae family. It originates in Nam Theun
river in the Mekong
delta in Laos
. It was originally described by Kottelat, Doi & Musikasinthorn in 1998. The fish reaches a size of up to 4.7 centimetres (1.9 in).
When spawning, the females deposit their eggs
inside bivalves, where they hatch and the young remain until they can swim.
Freshwater
Fresh water is naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and...
fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
belonging to the Acheilognathinae
Acheilognathinae
Acheilognathinae, the bitterling-like cyprinids, are a subfamily of cyprinids.Genera contained herein are:* Acanthorhodeus – spiny bitterlings* Acheilognathus* Rhodeus – bitterlings* Tanakia...
sub-family of the Cyprinidae family. It originates in Nam Theun
Nam Theun
Nam Theun, also known as Khading, is a river in Laos, in Khammouane and Bolikhamsai Provinces. Together with its tributaries Nam One, Nam Noy, and Nam Theun it has total length of and drain an area of ....
river in the Mekong
Mekong
The Mekong is a river that runs through China, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. It is the world's 10th-longest river and the 7th-longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , and it drains an area of , discharging of water annually....
delta in Laos
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
. It was originally described by Kottelat, Doi & Musikasinthorn in 1998. The fish reaches a size of up to 4.7 centimetres (1.9 in).
When spawning, the females deposit their eggs
Egg (biology)
An egg is an organic vessel in which an embryo first begins to develop. In most birds, reptiles, insects, molluscs, fish, and monotremes, an egg is the zygote, resulting from fertilization of the ovum, which is expelled from the body and permitted to develop outside the body until the developing...
inside bivalves, where they hatch and the young remain until they can swim.