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''Rasbora'' is a
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of
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in the
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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 ve ...
. They are native to freshwater habitats in
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and akistan_[Southeast_Asia,_as_well_as_southeast_China._A_single_species,_''R._gerlachi'',_is_only_known_from_an_old_Zoological_specimen.html" "title="outheast_Asia.html" ;"title="akistan [Southeast Asia">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 f ...
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
aquarium An aquarium (plural: ''aquariums'' or ''aquaria'') is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, aq ...
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 ''Microdevario'' is a small genus of danionin cyprinids. It was recently described to include species previously in the genus '' Microrasbora''. 2009. Molecular phylogenetic interrelationships of the south Asian cyprinid genera ''Danio'', ''Deva ...
'', ''
Microrasbora ''Microrasbora'' is a genus of small fishes. The generic name means "small Rasbora", however these are more closely related to the danios than rasboras. They inhabit freshwater in Myanmar and Yunnan, China. Taxonomy ''Microrasbora'', until rec ...
'', '' Rasboroides'', ''
Rasbosoma ''Rasbosoma'' is a genus of cyprinid 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 ...
'', ''
Sawbwa Chao-Pha (; Tai Ahom: 𑜋𑜧𑜨 𑜇𑜡, th, เจ้าฟ้า}, shn, ၸဝ်ႈၾႃႉ, translit=Jao3 Fa5 Jao3 Fa5, my, စော်ဘွား ''Sawbwa,'' ) was a royal title used by the hereditary rulers of the Tai peoples of ...
'', ''
Trigonopoma ''Trigonopoma'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region ...
'' and ''
Trigonostigma ''Trigonostigma'' is a genus of small cyprinid fish found in Southeast Asia. These social, colorful freshwater fish are often kept in aquarium An aquarium (plural: ''aquariums'' or ''aquaria'') is a vivarium of any size having at least on ...
''. 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 gr ...
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 Catalog of Fishes is a comprehensive on-line database and reference work on the scientific names of fish species and genera. It is global in its scope and is hosted by the California Academy of Sciences. It has been compiled and is continuously u ...
, where some of these are regarded as
junior synonym The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linn ...
s and a few others (not listed below) are recognized as valid species. * '' Rasbora adisi'' *'' Rasbora amplistriga''
Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandCo ...
, 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'' 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.''
* '' Rasbora ataenia'' 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''
Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandCo ...
& H. H. Tan, 2011
Kottelat, 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.''
* '' Rasbora atridorsalis''
Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandCo ...
& X. L. Chu, 1988
* '' Rasbora aurotaenia'' Tirant, 1885 (Pale rasbora) * '' Rasbora baliensis'' C. L. Hubbs & Brittan, 1954 * '' Rasbora bankanensis'' ( Bleeker, 1853) * '' Rasbora bindumatoga'' Lumbantobing, 2014 * '' Rasbora borapetensis'' H. M. Smith, 1934 (Blackline rasbora) * '' Rasbora borneensis'' Bleeker, 1860 * '' Rasbora bunguranensis'' Brittan, 1951 * '' Rasbora caudimaculata'' Volz, 1903 (Greater scissortail) * '' Rasbora cephalotaenia'' ( Bleeker, 1852) * '' Rasbora chrysotaenia'' C. G. E. Ahl, 1937 (Goldstripe rasbora) * '' Rasbora cryptica''
Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandCo ...
& H. H. Tan, 2012
Kottelat, 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'' (
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, 1844)
* '' Rasbora daniconius'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (Slender rasbora) * '' Rasbora dies''
Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandCo ...
, 2008
* '' Rasbora dorsinotata''
Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandCo ...
, 1988
* '' Rasbora dusonensis'' ( Bleeker, 1850) (Rosefin rasbora) * '' Rasbora einthovenii'' ( Bleeker, 1851) (Brilliant rasbora) * '' Rasbora elegans'' Volz, 1903 (Twospot rasbora) * '' Rasbora ennealepis'' T. R. Roberts, 1989 * '' Rasbora everetti''
Boulenger Boulenger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Benjamin Boulenger (born 1990), French footballer * Edward George Boulenger (1888–1946), British zoologist, director of aquarium at London Zoo * George Albert Boulenger (1858– ...
, 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'' Lumbantobing, 2014 * '' Rasbora hobelmani''
Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandCo ...
, 1984
(Kottelat rasbora) * '' Rasbora hosii''
Boulenger Boulenger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Benjamin Boulenger (born 1990), French footballer * Edward George Boulenger (1888–1946), British zoologist, director of aquarium at London Zoo * George Albert Boulenger (1858– ...
, 1895
* '' Rasbora hubbsi'' Brittan, 1954 * '' Rasbora jacobsoni'' M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 * '' Rasbora johannae'' Siebert & Guiry, 1996 * '' Rasbora kalbarensis''
Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandCo ...
, 1991
(Kalbar rasbora) * '' Rasbora kalochroma'' ( Bleeker, 1851) (Clown rasbora) * '' Rasbora kluetensis'' Lumbantobing, 2010 * '' Rasbora kobonensis'' B. L. Chaudhuri, 1913 * '' Rasbora kottelati'' K. K. P. Lim, 1995 * '' Rasbora labiosa'' Mukerji, 1935 * '' Rasbora lacrimula'' Hadiaty &
Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandCo ...
, 2009
* '' Rasbora lateristriata'' ( Bleeker, 1854) (Yellow rasbora) * '' Rasbora laticlavia'' Siebert & P. J. Richardson, 1997 * '' Rasbora leptosoma'' ( Bleeker, 1855) (Copperstripe rasbora) * '' Rasbora maninjau'' Lumbantobing, 2014 * '' Rasbora marinae'' H. H. Tan &
Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandCo ...
, 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'' C. L. Hubbs & Brittan, 1954 * '' Rasbora nodulosa'' Lumbantobing, 2010 * '' Rasbora notura''
Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandCo ...
, 2005
* '' Rasbora ornata'' Vishwanath & Laisram, 2005 * '' Rasbora patrickyapi'' H. H. Tan, 2009 * '' Rasbora paucisqualis'' C. G. E. Ahl, 1935 (Largescaled rasbora) * '' Rasbora paviana'' Tirant, 1885 (Sidestripe rasbora) * '' Rasbora philippina'' Günther, 1880 (Mindanao rasbora) * '' Rasbora rasbora'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (Gangetic scissortail rasbora) * '' Rasbora reticulata'' M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1915 * '' Rasbora rheophila''
Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandCo ...
, 2012
Kottelat, 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'' M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 * '' Rasbora sarawakensis'' Brittan, 1951 * '' Rasbora semilineata'' M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 * '' Rasbora septentrionalis''
Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandCo ...
, 2000
* '' Rasbora spilotaenia'' C. L. Hubbs & Brittan, 1954 * '' Rasbora steineri'' Nichols & C. H. Pope, 1927 (Chinese rasbora) * '' Rasbora subtilis'' T. R. Roberts, 1989 * '' Rasbora sumatrana'' ( Bleeker, 1852) * '' Rasbora tawarensis'' M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 * '' Rasbora taytayensis'' Herre, 1924 * ''
Rasbora tobana ''Rasbora tobana'' 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_...''_from_Sumatra.html" ;"title="outheast Asia, ...
'' C. G. E. Ahl, 1934 * '' Rasbora tornieri'' C. G. E. Ahl, 1922 (Yellowtail rasbora) * '' Rasbora trifasciata'' Popta, 1905 * '' Rasbora trilineata''
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, 1870
(Three-lined rasbora) * '' Rasbora truncata'' Lumbantobing, 2010 * '' Rasbora tubbi'' Brittan, 1954 * '' Rasbora tuberculata''
Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandCo ...
, 1995
* '' Rasbora vaillantii'' Popta, 1905 * '' Rasbora vietnamensis'' Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev, 2013 * '' Rasbora volzii'' Popta, 1905 * '' Rasbora vulcanus'' H. H. Tan, 1999 * '' Rasbora vulgaris'' Duncker, 1904 (Black-tip rasbora) * '' Rasbora wilpita''
Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandCo ...
& Pethiyagoda, 1991
(Wilpita rasbora)


References

{{taxonbar, from=Q131891 Danios Fish of Southeast Asia Freshwater fish genera Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker