Pararasbora

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Pararasbora
File:Taiwan white minnow -1.jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Suborder: Cyprinoidei
Family: Xenocyprididae
Genus: Pararasbora
Regan, 1908[1]
Species:
P. moltrechti
Binomial name
Pararasbora moltrechti
Regan, 1908[1]
Synonyms[2]

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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