Acheilognathidae

Volcano Bitterling

Sinorhodeus microlepis

Oviposits inside Asian clams

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• East Asia
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

Sinorhodeus is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acheilognathidae, the bitterlings. The only species in the genus is Sinorhodeus microlepis, the volcano bitterling. A species found in the Yangtze river in Chongqing City, China, this species oviposits in the Asian clam (Corbicula fluminea), which is different from all other bitterling-like cyprinids which oviposit in freshwater mussels.