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| Species | Development state | Trait | Primary Data | Secondary Data |
| Rhodeus sericeus | Larvae | Full yolk-sac resorption | Mussels incubate the eggs for 2-4 weeks, until the yolk is absorbed when the young bitterling swim out the exhalant siphon of the living mussel] | 3.0 °C * day |
| Rhodeus sericeus | Female | Female sexual dimorphism | Females use their long ovipositors to force eggs throught the exhalant siphon into the gills of the museel host | Absent |
| Rhodeus sericeus | Spawning conditions | Spawning temperature | 22 [Rerared conditions] | 22.0 °C |
| Rhodeus sericeus | Spawning conditions | Spawning water type | In tributary of the river, near to banks | No category |
| Rhodeus sericeus | Spawning conditions | Spawning substrate | Obligate spawning relationship between a species of freshwater fish, the bitterling, and four species of freshwater mussels [The mussels were collected along the silt bottoms near to the banks] | Ostracophils |