''Rasboroides'' is a
genus
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of freshwater
ray-finned fishes belonging to the
family
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Danionidae
The danionins are a group of small, minnow-type fish belonging to the family Danionidae. Species of this group are in the genera clades ''Danio'' and '' Devario'' (which also includes ''Chela'', ''Laubuka'', ''Microdevario'', and ''Microrasbora ...
, the danios or danionins. The fishes in this genus are
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
.
[ They are found in small, slow-flowing and shaded streams in the southwestern part of the island.][Batuwita, S., Silva, M.d. & Edirisinghe, U. (2013): A review of the danionine genera ''Rasboroides'' and ''Horadandia'' (Pisces: Cyprinidae), with description of a new species from Sri Lanka. ''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (2): 121-140.''] They are essentially restricted to lowlands, although one introduced population occurs at an altitude of .[Sudasinghe, H., J. Herath, R. Pethiyagoda and M. Meegaskumbura. (2018). Undocumented Translocations Spawn Taxonomic Inflation in Sri Lankan Fire Rasboras (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae). PeerJ. 6:e6084. ] They are calm, social and attractively colored fish that sometimes are kept in aquariums.[
]
Species
Historically, there was only a single recognized species in this genus, ''R. vaterifloris'', but in a review in 2013 four species were recognized,[ and this is followed by ]FishBase
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...
s).
References
Rasborinae
Fish of Asia
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