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 |
|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Boraras brigittae (D. Vogt, 1978) | Chili rasbora, mosquito rasbora |
.jpg) | Boraras maculatus (Duncker, 1904) | Dwarf rasbora, spotted rasbora |
 | Boraras merah (Kottelat, 1991) | Phoenix rasbora |
| Boraras micros Kottelat & Vidthayanon, 1993 | Three-spotted dwarf rasbora | |
 | Boraras naevus | Strawberry rasbora |
.jpg) | 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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Boraras". 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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