Animalia > Chordata > Cypriniformes > Cyprinidae > Acheilognathus > Acheilognathus asmussii

Acheilognathus asmussii (Spiny bitterlings; Spiny bitterling; Russian bitterling)

Synonyms: Acanthorhodeus asmussi; Acanthorhodeus asmussii; Acanthorhodeus asmussii amurensis; Acheilognathus assmussii; Devario asmussii
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Russian bitterling (Acheilognathus asmussii), or spiny bitterling, is a temperate freshwater fish belonging to the Acheilognathinae sub-family of the family Cyprinidae. It originates in the Amur River basin in Asia, and is found in China and Russia. It was originally described as Devario asmussii by Benedykt Dybowski in 1872. The fish will grow in length up to 16 centimetres (6 in). It lives in a temperate climate in water with a temperature range of 18°C to 22°C (64°F to 72°F). It is of commercial importance for public aquariums.
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Predators

Chanodichthys erythropterus (Skygazer)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Pseudacolpenteron ignotum[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0