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Common names: 中华鳑鲏, 中華鰟鲏
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from Guangdong Province in the drainages of Dong Jiang, Bei Jiang and Moyang Jiang and its river mouth. Also found in Lianzi Lake (Ref. 38003). Present in Pearl River (Ref. 89718). Known from Longchuan county of Dongjiang River system, Heyuan county, Zengcheng county in Guangdong Province; and Muoyangjiang River system (Ref. 33366). Also Ref. 35840.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ye, F., 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Hiina mõrukas, Hořavka čínská, 中华鳑鲏, ... more

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Acheilognathidae (Bitterlings)
Etymology: Rhodeus: Greek, rhodeos, a,-on = rose (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic. Subtropical

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Asia: China.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.8 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 125934); common length : 4.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35840); max. published weight: 17.40 g (Ref. 125934)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal soft rays: 9 - 11. Oval shaped body, eye diameter a bit longer than mouth. Round-shaped scale, black spot in the edge of the scales in upper part of the body. Incomplete lateral line. Dorsal fin starts from the middle of the body. Dark gray in the stomach (Ref.33366).

Utilized for animal feed (Ref. 89718).

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Female has an ovipositor which is used to deposit eggs inside bivalves. Young remain in the bivalve until they can swim (Ref. 43281).

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Ye, F., 1991. Acheilognathinae. p.123-136. In J.-H. Pan, L. Zhong, C.-Y. Zheng, H.-L. Wu and J.-H. Liu (eds). 1991. The freshwater fishes of Guangdong Province. Guangdong Science and Technology Press, Guangzhou. 589 pp. (Ref. 33366)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 21 January 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01047 (0.00572 - 0.01917), b=3.13 (2.97 - 3.29), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.5 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Rhodeus sinensis Günther, 1868