Rasbora

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Rasbora
File:Rasbo argyr 150318-49370 tdp.JPG
Silver rasbora (Rasbora argyrotaenia)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Danionidae
Subfamily: Rasborinae
Genus: Rasbora
Bleeker, 1859
Type species
Rasbora cephalotaenia
Bleeker, 1852
Species

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Synonyms[1]

Rasbora is a genus of fish in the family Danionidae.[1] They are native to freshwater habitats in South and Southeast Asia, as well as southeast China.[2] A single species, R. gerlachi, is only known from an old specimen that reputedly originated from Africa (Cameroon), but this locality is considered doubtful.[3] They are small, up to 17 cm (6.7 in) long, although most species do not surpass 10 cm (4 in) and many have a dark horizontal stripe.[2]

Several species are regularly kept in aquariums. As a common English name, "rasbora" is used for many species in the genus Rasbora, as well as several species in genera Brevibora, Boraras, Megarasbora, Metzia, Microdevario, Microrasbora, Rasboroides, Rasbosoma, Sawbwa, Trigonopoma and Trigonostigma.[4] Some of these related genera were included in the genus Rasbora in the past. In a 2007 analysis, Rasbora was found to not be a monophyletic assemblage. However Boraras and Trigonostigma were determined to be monophyletic.[5]

Species

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File:Rasbora borapetensis.jpg
Rasbora borapetensis
File:Rasbora einthovenii.jpg
Rasbora einthovenii
File:Rasbora kalochroma.jpg
Rasbora kalochroma
File:Rasbora trilineata.jpg
Rasbora trilineata
File:Rasbora vulcanus pair.png
Rasbora vulcanus

Rasbora has the following valid species classified within it:[6]

References

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  4. ^ Marelius, Charlotte (January 2014). Rasboras—Where do they come from? Archived 2015-01-17 at the Wayback Machine Showfish, Newsletter of COAST, a Tropical Fish Club in Southern California January 2014. Pp. 1–14.
  5. ^ Mayden, R.L., Tang, K.L., Conway, K.W., Freyhof, J., Chamberlain, S., Haskins, M., Schneider, L., Sudkamp, M., Wood, R.M., Agnew, M., Bufalino, A., Sulaiman, Z., Miya, M., Saitoh, K. & He, S. (2007): Phylogenetic relationships of Danio within the order Cypriniformes: a framework for comparative and evolutionary studies of a model species. Journal of Experimental Zoology, Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 308 (5): 642–654.
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