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''Rasbora'' is a genus of fish in the family
Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...
. They are native to freshwater habitats in
South South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...
and akistan [Southeast Asia, as well as southeast China. A single species, ''R. gerlachi'', is only known from an old Zoological specimen">specimen Specimen may refer to: Science and technology * Sample (material), a limited quantity of something which is intended to be similar to and represent a larger amount * Biological specimen or biospecimen, an organic specimen held by a biorepository ...
that reputedly originated from Africa (Cameroon), but this locality is considered doubtful. They are small, up to long, although most species do not surpass and many have a dark horizontal stripe. Several species are regularly kept in
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s. 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 ''Megarasbora elanga'' ( bn, এলং), commonly known as the Bengala barb is a fish of the carp family Cyprinidae, found commonly in rivers and freshwater lakes in and around Bangladesh. It reaches a maximum length of . It is a valued food fish ...
'', '' Metzia'', '' Microdevario'', '' Microrasbora'', ''
Rasboroides ''Rasboroides'' is a genus of small cyprinid fishes endemic to Sri Lanka. They are found in small, slow-flowing and shaded streams in the southwestern part of the island. They are essentially restricted to lowlands, although one introduced po ...
'', '' Rasbosoma'', '' Sawbwa'', '' Trigonopoma'' and '' Trigonostigma''. 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 In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic gro ...
assemblage. However ''Boraras'' and ''Trigonostigma'' were determined to be monophyletic.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.''


Species

According to
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, 84 recognized species are in this genus. This differs to some extent from the treatment by Catalog of Fishes, where some of these are regarded as
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s and a few others (not listed below) are recognized as valid species. * '' Rasbora adisi'' *'' Rasbora amplistriga'' Kottelat, 2000 * '' Rasbora api'' Lumbantobing, 2010Lumbantobing, D.N. (2010)
Four New Species of the ''Rasbora trifasciata''-Group (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Northwestern Sumatra, Indonesia.
''Copeia, 2010 (4): 644-670.''
* '' Rasbora aprotaenia'' C. L. Hubbs & Brittan, 1954 * '' Rasbora argyrotaenia'' ( Bleeker, 1849) (Silver rasbora) * '' Rasbora armitagei'' N. K. A. Silva, Maduwage & Pethiyagoda, 2010Silva, A., Maduwage, K. & Pethiyagoda, R. (2010)
A review of the genus ''Rasbora'' in Sri Lanka, with description of two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 21 (1): 27-50.''
* ''
Rasbora arundinata ''Rasbora arundinata'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora''. It inhabits the Tripa Jaya, Kluet, and Alas rivers in Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is f ...
'' Lumbantobing, 2014Lumbantobing, D.N. (2014)
Four new species of ''Rasbora'' of the Sumatrana group (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from northern Sumatra, Indonesia.
''Zootaxa, 3764 (1): 1–25.''
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Rasbora ataenia ''Rasbora'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae. They are native to freshwater habitats in South and specimen that reputedly originated from Africa (Cameroon), but this locality is considered doubtful. They are small, up to long, alt ...
'' Plamoottil, 2016Plamoottil, M. (2016): ''Rasbora ataenia'', a new freshwater fish from Kerala, India. ''International Journal of Innovative Studies in Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 2 (5): 20-24.'' * ''
Rasbora atranus ''Rasbora atranus'' is a species of cyprinid fish Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the large ...
'' Kottelat & H. H. Tan, 2011Kottelat, M. & Tan, H.H. (2011)
''Rasbora atranus'', a new species of fish from central Borneo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 22 (3): 215-220.''
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Rasbora atridorsalis ''Rasbora atridorsalis'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora''. It is found in the Mekong basin in Xishuangbanna and in Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາ ...
'' Kottelat & X. L. Chu, 1988 * ''
Rasbora aurotaenia Pale rasbora (''Rasbora aurotaenia'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora''. It is known from the Chao Phraya and Mekong basins as well as from the Maeklong River in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South Ea ...
'' Tirant, 1885 (Pale rasbora) * '' Rasbora baliensis'' C. L. Hubbs & Brittan, 1954 * ''
Rasbora bankanensis ''Rasbora bankanensis'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora''. It occurs in the Malay Peninsula The Malay Peninsula (Malay: ''Semenanjung Tanah Melayu'') is a peninsula in Mainland Southeast Asia. The landmass runs app ...
'' ( Bleeker, 1853) * '' Rasbora bindumatoga'' Lumbantobing, 2014 * '' Rasbora borapetensis'' H. M. Smith, 1934 (Blackline rasbora) * ''
Rasbora borneensis ''Rasbora borneensis'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Rasbora''. It is found in southern and western Borneo. References

Rasboras Freshwater fish of Borneo Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker Fish described in 1860 {{Rasboras-s ...
'' Bleeker, 1860 * '' Rasbora bunguranensis'' Brittan, 1951 * ''
Rasbora caudimaculata The greater scissortail (''Rasbora caudimaculata'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora''. It inhabits forest creeks in Malaysia, Indonesia and the lower Mekong basin. Local names * Called Betelah by the Merap communit ...
'' Volz, 1903 (Greater scissortail) * '' Rasbora cephalotaenia'' ( Bleeker, 1852) * '' Rasbora chrysotaenia'' C. G. E. Ahl, 1937 (Goldstripe rasbora) * ''
Rasbora cryptica ''Rasbora cryptica'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora''. It is endemic to Sarawak in Borneo. References Rasboras Fish of Malaysia Freshwater fish of Borneo Taxa named by Maurice Kottelat Taxa named by Heok Hu ...
'' Kottelat & H. H. Tan, 2012Kottelat, M. & Tan, H.H. (2012)
''Rasbora cryptica'', a new species of fish from Sarawak, Borneo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (1): 37-44.''
* '' Rasbora dandia'' ( Valenciennes, 1844) * '' Rasbora daniconius'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (Slender rasbora) * '' Rasbora dies'' Kottelat, 2008 * ''
Rasbora dorsinotata ''Rasbora dorsinotata'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora''. References Rasboras Fish of Thailand Taxa named by Maurice Kottelat Fish described in 1988 {{Rasboras-stub ...
'' Kottelat, 1988 * ''
Rasbora dusonensis The rosefin rasbora (''Rasbora dusonensis'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora'' from Southeast Asia. References Rasboras Freshwater fish of China Freshwater fish of Indonesia Freshwater fish of Malaysia Fish of ...
'' ( Bleeker, 1850) (Rosefin rasbora) * '' Rasbora einthovenii'' ( Bleeker, 1851) (Brilliant rasbora) * '' Rasbora elegans'' Volz, 1903 (Twospot rasbora) * ''
Rasbora ennealepis ''Rasbora ennealepis'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora''. It is endemic to Kalimantan Kalimantan () is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo. It constitutes 73% of the island's area. The non-Indonesian parts o ...
'' T. R. Roberts, 1989 * ''
Rasbora everetti ''Rasbora everetti'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora''. It is endemic to the Philippines. References Freshwater fish of the Philippines Rasboras Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger Fish described in 1895 ...
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, 1895
Liao, T.Y., Kullander, S.O. & Fang, F. (2010)
Phylogenetic analysis of the genus ''Rasbora'' (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
''Zoologica Scripta, 39 (2): 155–176.''
* '' Rasbora gerlachi'' C. G. E. Ahl, 1928 * ''
Rasbora haru ''Rasbora haru'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora''. It is endemic to the Bohorok River in Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian ...
'' Lumbantobing, 2014 * ''
Rasbora hobelmani The Kottelat rasbora (''Rasbora hobelmani'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora''. It is found in Asia - eastern Myanmar, northern Thailand and the Mekong basin. Etymology The fish is named in honor of Paul Hobelman, a teac ...
'' Kottelat, 1984 (Kottelat rasbora) * ''
Rasbora hosii ''Rasbora hosii'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora''. It is endemic to West Kalimantan. References Rasboras Freshwater fish of Borneo Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger Fish described in 1895 {{Rasboras ...
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, 1895
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Rasbora hubbsi ''Rasbora hubbsi'' is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus '' Rasbora''. It is endemic to northern Borneo. References Rasboras Freshwater fish of Borneo Taxa named by Martin Ralph Brittan Fish described in 1954 {{Rasboras-stub ...
'' Brittan, 1954 * ''
Rasbora jacobsoni ''Rasbora jacobsoni'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Rasbora ''Rasbora'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae. They are native to freshwater habitats in South and akistan s ...''. It is endemic to central Sumatra">outh ...
'' M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 * '' Rasbora johannae''
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& Guiry, 1996
* '' Rasbora kalbarensis'' Kottelat, 1991 (Kalbar rasbora) * '' Rasbora kalochroma'' ( Bleeker, 1851) (Clown rasbora) * ''
Rasbora kluetensis ''Rasbora kluetensis'' is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus ''Rasbora ''Rasbora'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae. They are native to freshwater habitats in South and akistan s ...''. It is endemic to the Kluet River">outh ...
'' Lumbantobing, 2010 * '' Rasbora kobonensis'' B. L. Chaudhuri, 1913 * '' Rasbora kottelati'' K. K. P. Lim, 1995 * ''
Rasbora labiosa ''Rasbora labiosa'', the slender rasbora, lives in rivers and streams in parts of India. It was first described from the Darna River Darna is a minor left-bank tributary of Godavari in the Nashik District, Maharashtra. Rising north of the Kal ...
'' Mukerji, 1935 * ''
Rasbora lacrimula ''Rasbora lacrimula'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora'' from Borneo. References Rasboras Freshwater fish of Borneo Taxa named by Renny Kurnia Hadiaty Taxa named by Maurice Kottelat Fish described in 2009 ...
'' Hadiaty & Kottelat, 2009 * ''
Rasbora lateristriata The yellow rasbora (''Rasbora lateristriata'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora'' from Southeast Asia. It is a primarily freshwater fish originally from Java island in Indonesia. It is known as the Wader pari fish in the ...
'' ( Bleeker, 1854) (Yellow rasbora) * '' Rasbora laticlavia''
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& P. J. Richardson, 1997
* '' Rasbora leptosoma'' ( Bleeker, 1855) (Copperstripe rasbora) * '' Rasbora maninjau'' Lumbantobing, 2014 * '' Rasbora marinae'' H. H. Tan & Kottelat, 2020 Tan, Heok H. & Maurice Kottelat. 2020. Rasbora marinae, a new species of cyprinid fish from northwestern Borneo (Teleostei: Danionidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68: 750-758. * '' Rasbora meinkeni'' de Beaufort, 1931 * '' Rasbora myersi'' Brittan, 1954 * '' Rasbora naggsi'' N. K. A. Silva, Maduwage & Pethiyagoda, 2010 * ''
Rasbora nematotaenia ''Rasbora nematotaenia'' is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus '' Rasbora''. It is endemic to Indonesia. References Rasboras Cyprinid fish of Asia Freshwater fish of Indonesia Taxa named by Carl Leavitt Hubbs Taxa named by Mart ...
'' C. L. Hubbs & Brittan, 1954 * '' Rasbora nodulosa'' Lumbantobing, 2010 * ''
Rasbora notura ''Rasbora notura'' is a species of cyprinid fish Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest ...
'' Kottelat, 2005 * '' Rasbora ornata'' Vishwanath & Laisram, 2005 * '' Rasbora patrickyapi'' H. H. Tan, 2009 * '' Rasbora paucisqualis'' C. G. E. Ahl, 1935 (Largescaled rasbora) * ''
Rasbora paviana The sidestripe rasbora (''Rasbora paviana'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora'' from the continental Southeast Asia.The epitheton ''paviana'' does not derive from the similar sounding German word for baboon, but from Aug ...
'' Tirant, 1885 (Sidestripe rasbora) * ''
Rasbora philippina Mindanao rasbora (''Rasbora philippina'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora'' endemic to Mindanao. References Rasboras Freshwater fish of the Philippines Endemic fauna of the Philippines Fauna of Mindanao Fish de ...
'' Günther, 1880 (Mindanao rasbora) * ''
Rasbora rasbora ''Rasbora'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae. They are native to freshwater habitats in South and specimen that reputedly originated from Africa (Cameroon), but this locality is considered doubtful. They are small, up to long, althou ...
'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (Gangetic scissortail rasbora) * '' Rasbora reticulata'' M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1915 * '' Rasbora rheophila'' Kottelat, 2012Kottelat, M. (2012)
''Rasbora rheophila'', a new species of fish from northern Borneo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
''Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 119 (1): 77-87.''
* ''
Rasbora rubrodorsalis ''Rasbora rubrodorsalis'' is a species of cyprinid fish native to southeast Asia where it occurs in the basins of the Mekong, Chao Phraya and Mae Klong The Mae Klong (, , ), sometimes spelled Mae Khlong or Meklong, is a river in western Thai ...
'' Donoso-Büchner & J. Schmidt, 1997 * ''
Rasbora rutteni ''Rasbora rutteni'' is a species of cyprinid fish Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the la ...
'' M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 * '' Rasbora sarawakensis'' Brittan, 1951 * '' Rasbora semilineata'' M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 * '' Rasbora septentrionalis'' Kottelat, 2000 * '' Rasbora spilotaenia'' C. L. Hubbs & Brittan, 1954 * ''
Rasbora steineri The Chinese rasbora (''Rasbora steineri'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora'' found in southern China, Laos, and central and northern Vietnam. References Rasboras Cyprinid fish of Asia Freshwater fish of China Fish ...
'' Nichols & C. H. Pope, 1927 (Chinese rasbora) * ''
Rasbora subtilis ''Rasbora subtilis'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora''. It occurs only in the Kapuas River in the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan. References Rasboras Freshwater fish of Borneo Taxa named by Tyson R. Robe ...
'' T. R. Roberts, 1989 * '' Rasbora sumatrana'' ( Bleeker, 1852) * ''
Rasbora tawarensis ''Rasbora tawarensis'', locally known as depik, is a critically endangered species of cyprinid fish. It is endemic to Lake Laut Tawar in Indonesia, where its population is rapidly decreasing due to ecological disturbances, global warming, introd ...
'' M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 * ''
Rasbora taytayensis ''Rasbora taytayensis'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora'' which is endemic to Taytay in Palawan. References Rasboras Cyprinid fish of Asia Freshwater fish of the Philippines Fish described in 1924 {{Rasbor ...
'' Herre, 1924 * ''
Rasbora tobana ''Rasbora tobana'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora'' from Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth ...
'' C. G. E. Ahl, 1934 * ''
Rasbora tornieri The yellowtail rasbora (''Rasbora tornieri'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus ''Rasbora ''Rasbora'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae. They are native to freshwater habitats in South and akistan [Southeast As ...
'' C. G. E. Ahl, 1922 (Yellowtail rasbora) * ''Rasbora trifasciata''
Popta Canna Maria Louise Popta (31 May 1860 – 13 June 1929)L.B. Holthuis, Biography i1820-1958, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie page 82 (in Dutch). was a Dutch biologist. Born in Breda, Popta was one of the first women to enrol as a student at ...
, 1905
* ''Rasbora trilineata'' Franz Steindachner, Steindachner, 1870 (Three-lined rasbora) * ''Rasbora truncata'' Lumbantobing, 2010 * ''
Rasbora tubbi ''Rasbora tubbi'' is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus '' Rasbora'' from northern Borneo. References Rasboras Freshwater fish of East Malaysia Taxa named by Martin Ralph Brittan Fish described in 1954 {{Rasboras-stub ...
'' Brittan, 1954 * '' Rasbora tuberculata'' Kottelat, 1995 * ''
Rasbora vaillantii ''Rasbora vaillantii'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora'' which is found in Borneo. References Rasboras Freshwater fish of Borneo Fish described in 1905 Taxa named by Canna Maria Louise Popta {{Rasboras-stub ...
''
Popta Canna Maria Louise Popta (31 May 1860 – 13 June 1929)L.B. Holthuis, Biography i1820-1958, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie page 82 (in Dutch). was a Dutch biologist. Born in Breda, Popta was one of the first women to enrol as a student at ...
, 1905
* ''
Rasbora vietnamensis ''Rasbora vietnamensis'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora'' which is endemic to Phú Quốc Island in Vietnam. References Rasboras Fish described in 2013 Fish of Vietnam {{Rasboras-stub ...
'' Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev, 2013 * '' Rasbora volzii''
Popta Canna Maria Louise Popta (31 May 1860 – 13 June 1929)L.B. Holthuis, Biography i1820-1958, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie page 82 (in Dutch). was a Dutch biologist. Born in Breda, Popta was one of the first women to enrol as a student at ...
, 1905
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Rasbora vulcanus ''Rasbora vulcanus'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora'' native to Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as th ...
'' H. H. Tan, 1999 * ''
Rasbora vulgaris ''Rasbora vulgaris'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Rasbora''. It is a member of the ''R. paviana''-subgroup, which comprises five species from Indochina and the Malay Peninsula ('' R. paviana, R. vulgaris, R. notura, R. hobel ...
'' Duncker, 1904 (Black-tip rasbora) * ''
Rasbora wilpita The Wilpita rasbora (''Rasbora wilpita'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in Wilpita, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இ ...
'' Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1991 (Wilpita rasbora)


References

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