Pararasbora
| Pararasbora | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Suborder: | Cyprinoidei |
| Family: | Xenocyprididae |
| Genus: | Pararasbora Regan, 1908[1] |
| Species: | P. moltrechti
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| Binomial name | |
| Pararasbora moltrechti Regan, 1908[1]
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Pararasbora is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. The only species in the genus is Pararasbora moltrechti, Moltrecht's minnow.[2] This species is endemic to Taiwan. It was formerly considered to be a species in the genus Aphyocypris. The Endemic Species Research Institute[3] under the Council of Agriculture[4] of the Executive Yuan in Taiwan has listed this species as a "precious and rare species" among other endemic freshwater species.[5]
It is named in honor of physician-entomologist Arnold Moltrecht (1873–1952), who collected the type specimen.[6]
Pararasbora moltrechti is distributed in the middle portion of western Taiwan, where they can be found in the Tachia River and Tatu River.[7] Their total body length is usually from 4 cm to 8 cm.[7][8]
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