Light's bitterling
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Light's bitterling (Rhodeus lighti) is a temperate freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acheilognathidae, the bitterlings. It originates in Russia and China, from the Amur River basin to southern China. It was originally described as Pseudoperilampus lighti by H.W. Wu in 1931.
The fish is named in honor of zoologist S. F. Light (1886–1947), University of California, Berkeley, for his "constant help and encouragement" in Wu's zoological studies during their three-year association at the University of Amoy (now Xiamen University).[1][2]
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References
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- ↑ Wu, H-W. (1931). "Notes on the fishes from the Coast of Foochow region and Ming River". Contributions from the Biological Laboratory of the Science Society of China. Zoological Series. 7: 1–64.
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- ↑ https://www.fishbase.se/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=47833&AT=Light%26%2339%3Bs+Bitterling
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- Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997. An annotated check-list of the freshwater fishes of Russia. J. Ichthyol. 37(9):687-736.