Boraras
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Boraras | |
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Chili rasbora, (Boraras brigittae) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Danioninae |
Genus: | Boraras Kottelat & Vidthayanon, 1993[1] |
Species | |
6, see text. |
Boraras is a small genus of Asian cyprinid fishes.
Species
[edit]There are currently six valid species:[2]
Image | Species | Common Name |
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Boraras brigittae
(D. Vogt, 1978) |
Chili rasbora, mosquito rasbora |
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Boraras maculatus
(Duncker, 1904) |
Dwarf rasbora, spotted rasbora |
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Boraras merah
(Kottelat, 1991) |
Phoenix rasbora |
Boraras micros
Kottelat & Vidthayanon, 1993 |
Three-spotted dwarf rasbora | |
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Boraras naevus | Strawberry rasbora |
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Boraras urophthalmoides
(Kottelat, 1991) |
Least rasbora, exclamation point rasbora |
References
[edit]- ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Boraras Kottelat & Vidthayanon, 1993". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Boraras in FishBase. August 2011 version.
- ^ KEVIN W. CONWAY; MAURICE KOTTELAT (24 August 2011). "Boraras naevus, a new species of miniature and sexually dichromatic freshwater fish from peninsular Thailand (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae)". Zootaxa. 3002 (1): 45. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3002.1.4. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q97567360.
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