Rasbora
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A rasbora is a member of a group of small minnow-type fish in the family Cyprinidae (carps). Fish from genera such as Boraras
, Microrasbora
, Rasbora and Trigonostigma
are commonly referred to as rasboras. The genus Microrasbora may be more closely related to danio
s than other genera in this group while the genera Boraras and Trignonstigma were split from Rasbora. Currently the genus Rasbora remains the largest one, containing around 70 species, which can be found in Southeast Asia
and Africa
.
Most of the rasboras are small, up to 10 cm long. A number of species are regularly kept in aquariums; the most common of these is the harlequin rasbora
(Trigonostigma heteromorpha).
In a 2007 analysis, Rasbora was found to not be a monophyletic
assemblage; however, both Boraras and Trigonostigma were determined to be monophyletic.
Boraras
Boraras is a genus of Asian cyprinid fishes.- Species :* Boraras brigittae * Boraras maculatus * Boraras merah * Boraras micros Kottelat & Vidthayanon, 1993...
, Microrasbora
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 mainly Thailand and Myanmar, with one putative species in China.-Current Taxonomy:...
, Rasbora and Trigonostigma
Trigonostigma
Trigonostigma is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Southeast Asia. There are currently four described species.-Species:* Trigonostigma espei * Trigonostigma hengeli...
are commonly referred to as rasboras. The genus Microrasbora may be more closely related to danio
Danio
The Danio genus comprises many of the species of danionins familiar to aquarists. The common name "danio" is used for members of the genera Danio and Devario.-Taxonomy:...
s than other genera in this group while the genera Boraras and Trignonstigma were split from Rasbora. Currently the genus Rasbora remains the largest one, containing around 70 species, which can be found in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...
and Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
.
Most of the rasboras are small, up to 10 cm long. A number of species are regularly kept in aquariums; the most common of these is the harlequin rasbora
Harlequin rasbora
The Harlequin Rasbora a small fish belonging to the Family Cyprinidae, subfamily Rasborinae, which was originally given the scientific name of Rasbora heteromorpha...
(Trigonostigma heteromorpha).
In a 2007 analysis, Rasbora was found to not be a monophyletic
Monophyly
In common cladistic usage, a monophyletic group is a taxon which forms a clade, meaning that it contains all the descendants of the possibly hypothetical closest common ancestor of the members of the group. The term is synonymous with the uncommon term holophyly...
assemblage; however, both Boraras and Trigonostigma were determined to be monophyletic.
Species, listed in order of scientific name within genus
For Microrasbora, see Danionin.Rasbora
- Rasbora amplistrigaRasbora amplistrigaRasbora amplistriga is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 2000 - Rasbora api Lumbantobing, 2010
- Rasbora aprotaeniaRasbora aprotaeniaRasbora aprotaenia is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
Carl HubbsCarl Leavitt Hubbs-Youth:He was born in Williams, Arizona. He was the son of Charles Leavitt and Elizabeth Hubbs. His father had a wide variety of jobs . The family moved several times before settling in San Diego where he got his first taste of natural history...
& Brittan, 1954 - Rasbora argyrotaenia (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1850) (Silver rasbora) - Rasbora armitageiRasbora armitageiRasbora armitagei is a minnow endemic to Sri Lanka. The fish was discovered from a small tributary of Kalu Ganga at Rakwana, South-Western Wet zone, Sri Lanka . This species is Named after famous naturalist David Armitage....
A. Silva, Maduwage & Pethiyagoda, 2010 - Rasbora atranus KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
& H. H. Tan, 2011 - Rasbora atridorsalisRasbora atridorsalisRasbora atridorsalis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
& X. L. Chu, 1987 - Rasbora aurotaenia Tirant, 1885 (Pale rasbora)
- Rasbora baliensisRasbora baliensisRasbora baliensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora.It is found only in Indonesia.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
Carl HubbsCarl Leavitt Hubbs-Youth:He was born in Williams, Arizona. He was the son of Charles Leavitt and Elizabeth Hubbs. His father had a wide variety of jobs . The family moved several times before settling in San Diego where he got his first taste of natural history...
& Brittan, 1954 - Rasbora bankanensisRasbora bankanensisRasbora bankanensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
(BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1853) - Rasbora beauforti Hardenberg, 1937 (Spotlight rasbora)
- Rasbora borapetensis H. M. SmithHugh McCormick SmithHugh McCormick Smith was an American ichthyologist and administrator in the Bureau of Fisheries.-Biography:...
, 1934 (Blackline rasbora) - Rasbora borneensisRasbora borneensisRasbora borneensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1860 - Rasbora bunguranensisRasbora bunguranensisRasbora bunguranensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
Brittan, 1951 - Rasbora caudimaculata Volz, 1903 (Greater scissortail)
- Rasbora caverii (JerdonThomas C. JerdonThomas Caverhill Jerdon was a British physician, zoologist and botanist. He is best remembered for his pioneering works on the ornithology of India...
, 1849) (Cauvery rasbora) - Rasbora cephalotaeniaRasbora cephalotaeniaRasbora cephalotaenia is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
(BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1852) - Rasbora chrysotaenia C. G. E. AhlErnst AhlChristoph Gustav Ernst Ahl was a German zoologist.He was the director of the department of ichthyology and herpetology in the Museum für Naturkunde....
, 1937 (Goldstripe rasbora) - Rasbora daniconius (F. HamiltonFrancis Buchanan-HamiltonDr Francis Buchanan, later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton was a Scottish physician who made significant contributions as a geographer, zoologist, and botanist while living in India.The standard botanical author abbreviation Buch.-Ham. is applied to...
, 1822) (Slender rasbora) - Rasbora diesRasbora diesRasbora dies is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 2008 - Rasbora dorsinotataRasbora dorsinotataRasbora dorsinotata is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
& X. L. Chu, 1987 - Rasbora dusonensis (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1851) (Rosefin rasbora) - Rasbora einthovenii (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1851) (Brilliant rasbora) - Rasbora elegans Volz, 1903 (Twospot rasbora)
- Rasbora ennealepisRasbora ennealepisRasbora ennealepis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
T. R. Roberts, 1989 - Rasbora everetti BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1895 - Rasbora gerlachiRasbora gerlachiRasbora gerlachi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
C. G. E. AhlErnst AhlChristoph Gustav Ernst Ahl was a German zoologist.He was the director of the department of ichthyology and herpetology in the Museum für Naturkunde....
, 1928 - Rasbora hobelmaniRasbora hobelmaniKottelat rasbora or Rasbora hobelmani is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 1984 (Kottelat rasbora) - Rasbora hosiiRasbora hosiiRasbora hosii is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1895 - Rasbora hubbsiRasbora hubbsiRasbora hubbsi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
Brittan, 1954 - Rasbora jacobsoniRasbora jacobsoniRasbora jacobsoni is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 - Rasbora johannaeRasbora johannaeRasbora johannae is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
Siebert & Guiry, 1996 - Rasbora kalbarensis KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 1991 (Kalbar rasbora) - Rasbora kalochroma (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1851) (Clown rasbora) - Rasbora kluetensis Lumbantobing, 2010
- Rasbora kobonensis Chaudhuri, 1913
- Rasbora kottelatiRasbora kottelatiRasbora kottelati is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
K. K. P. Lim, 1995 - Rasbora labiosa Mukerji, 1935
- Rasbora lacrimulaRasbora lacrimulaRasbora lacrimula is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
Hadiaty & KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 2009
- Rasbora lateristriata (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1854) (Yellow rasbora) - Rasbora laticlaviaRasbora laticlaviaRasbora laticlavia is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
Siebert & P. J. Richardson, 1997 - Rasbora leptosoma (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1855) (Copperstripe rasbora) - Rasbora meinkeniRasbora meinkeniRasbora meinkeni is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
de Beaufort, 1931 - Rasbora naggsiRasbora naggsiRasbora naggsi is a minnow endemic to Sri Lanka. The fish was discovered from a stream running across the Sabaragamuwa Campus in Belihul-Oya, Sri Lanka. This species is named after the famous malacologist Fred Naggs....
A. Silva, Maduwage & Pethiyagoda, 2010 - Rasbora nematotaenia Carl HubbsCarl Leavitt Hubbs-Youth:He was born in Williams, Arizona. He was the son of Charles Leavitt and Elizabeth Hubbs. His father had a wide variety of jobs . The family moved several times before settling in San Diego where he got his first taste of natural history...
& Brittan, 1954 - Rasbora nodulosa Lumbantobing, 2010
- Rasbora noturaRasbora noturaRasbora notura is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 2005 - Rasbora ornata Vishwanath & Laisram, 2005
- Rasbora patrickyapiRasbora patrickyapiRasbora patrickyapi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
H. H. Tan, 2009 - Rasbora pauciperforata Weber & de Beaufort, 1916
- Rasbora paucisqualis C. G. E. AhlErnst AhlChristoph Gustav Ernst Ahl was a German zoologist.He was the director of the department of ichthyology and herpetology in the Museum für Naturkunde....
, 1935 (Largescaled rasbora) - Rasbora paviana Tirant, 1885 (Sidestripe rasbora)
- Rasbora philippina Günther, 1880 (Mindanao rasbora)
- Rasbora rasbora (F. HamiltonFrancis Buchanan-HamiltonDr Francis Buchanan, later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton was a Scottish physician who made significant contributions as a geographer, zoologist, and botanist while living in India.The standard botanical author abbreviation Buch.-Ham. is applied to...
, 1822) (Gangetic scissortail rasbora) - Rasbora reticulataRasbora reticulataRasbora reticulata is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
Weber & de Beaufort, 1915 - Rasbora rubrodorsalisRasbora rubrodorsalisRasbora rubrodorsalis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
Donoso-Büchner & J. Schmidt, 1997 - Rasbora rutteniRasbora rutteniRasbora rutteni is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 - Rasbora sarawakensisRasbora sarawakensisRasbora sarawakensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
Brittan, 1951 - Rasbora semilineataRasbora semilineataRasbora semilineata is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 - Rasbora septentrionalisRasbora septentrionalisRasbora septentrionalis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 2000 - Rasbora spilotaeniaRasbora spilotaeniaRasbora spilotaenia is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
Carl HubbsCarl Leavitt Hubbs-Youth:He was born in Williams, Arizona. He was the son of Charles Leavitt and Elizabeth Hubbs. His father had a wide variety of jobs . The family moved several times before settling in San Diego where he got his first taste of natural history...
& Brittan, 1954 - Rasbora steineri NicholsJohn Treadwell NicholsJohn Treadwell Nichols was an American ichthyologist.-Biography:Nichols was born as son of John White Treadwell Nichols in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts. In 1906 he studied vertebrate zoology at Harvard College where he graduated to Bachelor of Arts...
& PopeClifford H. PopeCliford Hillhouse Pope was a noted American herpetologist. He was the son of Mark Cooper Pope and Harriett Alexander Pope, and grew up in Washington, Georgia. Shortly after his graduation from the University of Virginia, Pope went to the Tropical Research Station at British Guiana, maintained...
, 1927 (Chinese rasbora) - Rasbora subtilisRasbora subtilisRasbora subtilis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
T. R. Roberts, 1989 - Rasbora sumatranaRasbora sumatranaRasbora sumatrana is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
(BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1852) - Rasbora tawarensisRasbora tawarensisRasbora tawarensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.It is found only in Indonesia.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 - Rasbora taytayensisRasbora taytayensisRasbora taytayensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
HerreAlbert William HerreAlbert William Christian Theodore Herre was an American ichthyologist and lichenologist.Herre was born in 1868 in Toledo, Ohio....
, 1924 - Rasbora tobanaRasbora tobanaRasbora tobana is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
C. G. E. AhlErnst AhlChristoph Gustav Ernst Ahl was a German zoologist.He was the director of the department of ichthyology and herpetology in the Museum für Naturkunde....
, 1934 - Rasbora tornieri C. G. E. AhlErnst AhlChristoph Gustav Ernst Ahl was a German zoologist.He was the director of the department of ichthyology and herpetology in the Museum für Naturkunde....
, 1922 (Yellowtail rasbora) - Rasbora trifasciataRasbora trifasciataRasbora trifasciata is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
Popta, 1905 - Rasbora trilineata SteindachnerFranz SteindachnerFranz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...
, 1870 (Three-lined rasbora) - Rasbora truncata Lumbantobing, 2010
- Rasbora tubbiRasbora tubbiRasbora tubbi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
Brittan, 1954 - Rasbora tuberculataRasbora tuberculataRasbora tuberculata is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 1995 - Rasbora volziiRasbora volziiRasbora volzii is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
Popta, 1905 - Rasbora vulcanusRasbora vulcanusRasbora vulcanus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora....
H. H. Tan, 1999 - Rasbora vulgaris Duncker, 1904
- Rasbora wilpitaRasbora wilpitaWilpita rasbor or Rasbora wilpita is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.It is found only in Sri Lanka.-Source:* Pethiyagoda, R. 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
& Pethiyagoda, 1991 (Wilpita rasbora)
See also
- DanioDanioThe Danio genus comprises many of the species of danionins familiar to aquarists. The common name "danio" is used for members of the genera Danio and Devario.-Taxonomy:...
s - closely related fish to the rasboras