Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Cypriniformes > Family Cyprinidae > Genus Rhodeus

Rhodeus amarus (Bloch, 1782)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cyprinus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rhodeus*	Agassiz, 1832	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cyprinus amarus*	Bloch, 1782	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: idhtaku sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Danish: bitterling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: bittervoorn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Bitterling sources: Charles Hussey

German: Bitterling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Μουρμουρίτσα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: kartuolė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: Горчак европейский; европейский горчак sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: pezdirk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: acı balık sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: гірчак європейський sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: chwerwyn

Literature

original description	Bloch, M.E. (1782). M. Marcus Elieser Bloch's ..., ausübenden Arztes zu Berlin, Oekonomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands. Berlin. v. 1, pp 1-128, Pls. 1-37.
basis of record	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (169 nucleotides; 155 proteins)
Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (303 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Rhodeus amarus (Bloch, 1782). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154331

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Rhodeus amarus (Bloch, 1782). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=304517