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BITTERLING (Rhodeus amarus)

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 14 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BER-BLA
BITTERLING (Rhodeus amarus) , a little carp-like
fish
  of central Europe, belonging to the Cyprinid family. In it we have a remarkable instance of symbiosis. The genital papilla of the
female
  acquires a
great
  development during the breeding season and becomes produced into a tube nearly as
long
  as the
fish
  itself; this acts as an ovipositor by means of which the comparatively few and large eggs (3 millimetres in
diameter
 ) are introduced through the gaping valves between the branchiae of
pond
  mussels (Unio and Anodonta), where, after being inseminated, they undergo their development, the fry leaving their host about a month later. The mollusc reciprocates by throwing off its embryos on the
parent
  fish, in the skin of which they remain encysted for some
time
 , the period of reproduction of the fish and
mussel
  coinciding.


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