Rhodeus laoensis Kottelat, Doi & Musikasinthorn, 1998
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Rhodeus laoensis Kottelat, Doi & Musikasinthorn, 1998
- Name authority
- Kottelat, Doi & Musikasinthorn, 1998
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Rhodeus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyAcheilognathinae Bleeker, 1863
- genusRhodeus Agassiz, 1832
- speciesRhodeus laoensis Kottelat, Doi & Musikasinthorn, 1998
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Rhodeus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Rhodeus lighti (Wu, 1931) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhodeus monguonensis (Li, 1989) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhodeus rheinardti (Tirant, 1883) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhodeus smithii (Regan, 1908) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhodeus shitaiensis Li & Arai, 2011 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhodeus sciosemus (Jordan & Thompson, 1914) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bitterlingRhodeus sericeus (Pallas, 1776) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhodeus sinensis Günther, 1868 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhodeus colchicus Bogutskaya & Komlev, 2001 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhodeus cyanorostris Li, Liao & Arai, 2020 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhodeus tugbae Kalaycı, Kurtul, Bayçelebi, Kaya & Turan, 2025 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Kottelat, M. (1998). Fishes of the Nam Theun and Xe Bangfai basins, Laos, with diagnoses of twenty-two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Cobitidae, Coiidae and Odontobutidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 9 (1): 1–128. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:796ZZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.