rasbora

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| 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.{{Cof family|family=Rasborinae|access-date=10 February 2025}} They are native to freshwater habitats in South and Southeast Asia, as well as southeast China. A single species, R. gerlachi, is only known from an old specimen that reputedly originated from Africa (Cameroon), but this locality is considered doubtful.{{FishBase | genus = Rasbora | species=gerlachi | month = October | year = 2016 }} They are small, up to {{convert|17|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, although most species do not surpass {{convert|10|cm|in|abbr=on|0}} and many have a dark horizontal stripe.{{FishBase_genus | genus = Rasbora | month = October | year = 2016 }}

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.Marelius, Charlotte (January 2014). [http://www.coastfishclub.com/ncms/images/showfish/Showfish_01-2014.pdf Rasboras—Where do they come from?] Showfish, Newsletter of COAST, a Tropical Fish Club in Southern California January 2014. Pp. 1–14. 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.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.

Species

File:Rasbora borapetensis.jpg

File:Rasbora einthovenii.jpg

File:Rasbora kalochroma.jpg

File:Rasbora trilineata.jpg

File:Rasbora vulcanus pair.png

Rasbora has the following valid species classified within it:{{Cof genus|genus=Rasbora|access-date=12 February 2025}}

References

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Category:Danios

Category:Rasborinae

Category:Fish of Southeast Asia

Category:Freshwater fish genera

Category:Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker