Amur bitterling: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Amur bitterling lives – recorded in 6 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Rhodeus sericeus
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	6 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Cypriniformes
Family	Cyprinidae

Where does the Amur bitterling live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Amur bitterling in 6 countries and territories across Europe and North America. In United Kingdom, Italy it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Amur bitterling endangered?

The Amur bitterling’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Amur bitterling?

The Amur bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus) is a ray-finned fish in the order Cypriniformes and the family Cyprinidae, genus Rhodeus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Amur bitterling

The Amur bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus) is a small fish of the carp family. It is sometimes just called "bitterling", which dates back to the time when the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus) was still considered conspecific with R. sericeus, and "bitterling" properly refers to any species in the entire genus Rhodeus. The Amur bitterling is found in Siberia, while the European bitterling is found from European Russia westwards.

Mussels form an essential part of their reproductive system, with bitterling eggs being laid inside them. Long thought to be symbiotic with the mussels (whose larval phase attaches to fish gills during development), recent research has indicated they are, in fact, parasitic, with co-evolution being seen in Chinese bitterling and mussel species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Amur bitterling (revision 1313895072), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q855808 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).