''Abbottina rivularis'' (Chinese false gudgeon or Amur false gudgeon) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family

Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...

, the carps and minnows. It is native to

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, Korea, and

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. It has been introduced to the

Mekong River Basin The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth longest river and the third longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , and it drains an area of , discharging of water annuall ...

and it is also known from rivers in Turkmenistan.Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds.
''Abbottina rivularis''.
FishBase. 2011.

Description

This species is mature at about 4 or 5 centimeters in length, and the maximum recorded length was 18.9 centimeters. It has eight dark spots along its

lateral line The lateral line, also called the lateral line organ (LLO), is a system of sensory organs found in fish, used to detect movement, vibration, and pressure gradients in the surrounding water. The sensory ability is achieved via modified epithelial ...

and many black dots on its caudal fin.

Distribution and Habitat

This freshwater fish lives in rivers and lakes, and it is often found in converted lowland aquatic habitat, such as irrigation ditches and ponds associated with rice paddies.

Biology

This fish is host to a number of recorded parasites, including the monogenean

flatworm The flatworms, flat worms, Platyhelminthes, or platyhelminths (from the Greek πλατύ, ''platy'', meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), ''helminth-'', meaning "worm") are a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegment ...

s ''

Gyrodactylus rivularae ''Gyrodactylus'' is a genus of parasitic flatworms in the family Gyrodactylidae. Species Species listed in the World Register of Marine Species: Other species: * ''Gyrodactylus benedeni'' * ''Gyrodactylus bios'' * ''Gyrodactylus dorlodoti'' * ' ...

'' and '' G. gobioninum'', several trematode flatworms of the genus ''

Diplostomum ''Diplostomum'' is a genus of flatworms belonging to the family Diplostomidae Diplostomidae is a family of trematodes in the order Diplostomida. Genera *'' Austrodiplostomum'' Szidat & Nani, 1951Szidat, L. & Nani, A. (1951). Diplostomiasis ce ...

'', and the tapeworm '' Khawia abbottinae''.Xi, B. W., et al. (2013)
''Khawia abbottinae'' sp. n.(Cestoda: Caryophyllidea) from the Chinese false gudgeon ''Abbottina rivularis'' (Cyprinidae: Gobioninae) in China: morphological and molecular data.
''Folia Parasitologica'' 60(2), 141-48.

Description

Distribution and Habitat

Biology

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