Slender rasbora

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Slender rasbora
File:RasboraDanicorniusBeavan.png
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Danionidae
Subfamily: Rasborinae
Genus: Rasbora
Species:
R. daniconius
Binomial name
Rasbora daniconius
Synonyms
  • Cyprinus daniconius Hamilton, 1822
  • Leuciscus daniconius (Hamilton, 1822)
  • Opsarius daniconius (Hamilton, 1822)
  • Parluciosoma daniconius (Hamilton, 1822)
  • Cyprinus anjana Hamilton, 1822
  • Leuciscus anjana (Hamilton, 1822)
  • Opsarius anjana (Hamilton, 1822)
  • Leuciscus lateralis McClelland, 1839
  • Leuciscus malabaricus Jerdon, 1849
  • Rasbora malabarica (Jerdon, 1849)
  • Leuciscus flavus Jerdon, 1849
  • Leuciscus xanthogramme Jerdon, 1849
  • Rasbora woolaree Day, 1867
  • Rasbora neilgherriensis Day, 1867
  • Rasbora zanzibarensis Günther, 1867
  • Rasbora palustris Smith, 1945

The black-line rasbora or slender rasbora (Rasbora daniconius) (called darka at Rangpur), is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus cyprinid family. It is found in rivers of South and Southeast Asia, ranging from Sri Lanka and the Indus basin to northern the Malay Peninsula and the Mekong.[2]

The body is oblong and compressed. The greatest width of the head equals its post-orbital length. It reaches 15 cm (5.9 in) in length.[2]

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