| Boraras | |
|---|---|
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| Chili rasbora, (Boraras brigittae) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Danionidae |
| Subfamily: | Rasborinae |
| Genus: | Boraras Kottelat & Vidthayanon, 199312 |
| Type species | |
| Boraras micros Kottelat & Vidthayanon, 19932
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| Species | |
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6, see text. | |
Boraras is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the subfamily Rasborinae - the Rasbora, which along with sister subfamily Danioninae (Danio, Devario, Microdevario) comprise the family Danionidae, group popular among freshwater aquarium hobbyists.
The fish in this genus are found in Asia.3
Species
There are currently six valid species:43
| Image | Species | Common name |
|---|---|---|
|
Boraras brigittae
(D. Vogt, 1978) |
Chili rasbora, mosquito rasbora |
|
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
Conway & Kottelat, 20115 |
Strawberry rasbora |
|
Boraras urophthalmoides
(Kottelat, 1991) |
Least rasbora, exclamation point rasbora |
References
References
- Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Boraras Kottelat & Vidthayanon, 1993". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Rasvborinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Boraras". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- 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.