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Scientific Name Rhodeus amarus  (Bloch, 1782)
Common Name Europaeischer Bitterling (Germany)
Type Locality Müggelsee (lake) near Köpenick, Berlin, Germany.
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Size 100mm or 3.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Europe: Rhône basin in France to the Neva in Russia; south to the Black Sea. Basins of North, southern Baltic, Black, western and southern Caspian and Aegean Seas (from Maritza to Struma drainages); Mediterranean basin, only in nothern Rhône (France) and Drin drainages (Alabania, Montenegro, Macedonia). .
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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2008.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference M. Marcus Elieser Bloch's ..., ausübenden Arztes zu Berlin, Oeconomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands v. 1, pp 52, Pl. 8 (fig. 3).
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Last Update 2017 Aug 15 13:11 (species record created: 2013 Sep 08 19:39)