Rasbora

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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 Script error: No such module "convert". long, although most species do not surpass Script error: No such module "convert". 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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Rasbora borapetensis
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Rasbora einthovenii
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Rasbora kalochroma
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Rasbora trilineata
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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? 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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