Rasbora

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Genus of fishes

title: "Rasbora" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["danios", "rasbora", "rasborinae", "fish-of-southeast-asia", "freshwater-fish-genera", "taxa-named-by-pieter-bleeker"] description: "Genus of fishes" topic_path: "general/danios" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasbora" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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| image = Rasbo argyr 150318-49370 tdp.JPG | image_caption = Silver rasbora (Rasbora argyrotaenia) | taxon = Rasbora | authority = Bleeker, 1859 | type_species = Rasbora cephalotaenia | type_species_authority = Bleeker, 1852 | synonyms = * Parluciosoma Howes, 1980 | synonyms_ref = | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = over 80, see text

Rasbora is a genus of fish in the family Danionidae. They are native to freshwater habitats in South and Southeast Asia, as well as southeast China. They are small, up to 17 cm long, although most species do not surpass 10 cm and many have a dark horizontal stripe.

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. 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.

Species

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Rasbora_borapetensis.jpg" caption="''Rasbora borapetensis''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Rasbora_einthovenii.jpg" caption="''Rasbora einthovenii''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Rasbora_kalochroma.jpg" caption="''Rasbora kalochroma''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Rasbora_trilineata.jpg" caption="''Rasbora trilineata''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Rasbora_vulcanus_pair.png" caption="''Rasbora vulcanus''"] ::

Rasbora has the following valid species classified within it:

References

References

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  2. A single species, ''[[Rasbora gerlachi]]'', is only known from an old [[Zoological specimen. specimen]] that reputedly originated from Africa ([[Cameroon]]), but this locality is considered doubtful.{{FishBase. (2016)
  3. {{FishBase_genus. (2016)
  4. Marelius, Charlotte (January 2014). [http://www.coastfishclub.com/ncms/images/showfish/Showfish_01-2014.pdf Rasboras—Where do they come from?] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-01-17 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): [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.21175/pdf 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.''
  6. {{Cof genus

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