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Noun

1. A small fish, of the Cyprinidae family, similar to a minnow.

A rasbora is 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 danios 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.

Species, listed in order of scientific name within genus

For Microrasbora, see Danionin.

Boraras

• Boraras brigittae - Mosquito rasbora
• Boraras maculatus - Dwarf rasbora
• Boraras merah
• Boraras micros
• Boraras urophthalmoides - Exclamation point rasbora

Rasbora

• Rasbora borapetensis - Blackline rasbora or red-tailed rasbora
• Rasbora caverii
• Rasbora daniconius
• Rasbora dies
• Rasbora dorsiocellata
• Rasbora einthovenii - Brilliant rasbora
• Rasbora elegans - Elegant rasbora
• Rasbora notura
• Rasbora pauciperforata - Red lined rasbora
• Rasbora paviei
• Rasbora rasbora - Silver coloured with yellow - black marks on the caudal fin. This rasbora is native to India
• Rasbora trilineata - Scissor-tail rasbora
• Rasbora vaterifloris
• Rasbora wilpita

Trigonostigma

• Trigonostigma espei - Lambchop rasbora
• Trigonostigma hengeli - Glowlight rasbora
• Trigonostigma heteromorpha - Harlequin rasbora
• Trigonostigma somphongsi

See also

• Danios - closely related fish to the rasboras

References