Rasbora

genus of cyprinid fishes in the subfamily Rasborinae

A rasbora is any fish in the genus Rasbora. Part of the Cyprinidae family, these small fishes are found in freshwater areas in Southeast Asia.

Yellowtail rasbora (Rasbora tornieri)

Species

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There are 84 species:

  • Rasbora adisi Sudasinghe, Pethiyagoda, Hettiarachchige, Ranasinghe, Raghavan, Dahanukar & Meegaskumbura, 2020
  • Rasbora amplistriga Kottelat, 2000
  • Rasbora api Lumbantobing, 2010
  • Rasbora aprotaenia C. L. Hubbs & Brittan, 1954
  • Rasbora argyrotaenia (Bleeker, 1849) (Silver rasbora)
  • Rasbora armitagei N. K. A. Silva, Maduwage & Pethiyagoda, 2010
  • Rasbora arundinata Lumbantobing, 2014
  • Rasbora ataenia Plamoottil, 2016
  • Rasbora atranus Kottelat & H. H. Tan, 2011
  • Rasbora atridorsalis Kottelat & X. L. Chu, 1988
  • Rasbora aurotaenia Tirant, 1885 (Pale rasbora)
  • Rasbora baliensis C. L. Hubbs & Brittan, 1954
  • Rasbora bankanensis (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Rasbora bindumatoga Lumbantobing, 2014
  • Rasbora borapetensis H. M. Smith, 1934 (Blackline rasbora)
  • Rasbora borneensis Bleeker, 1860
  • Rasbora bunguranensis Brittan, 1951
  • Rasbora caudimaculata Volz, 1903 (Greater scissortail)
  • Rasbora cephalotaenia (Bleeker, 1852)
  • Rasbora chrysotaenia C. G. E. Ahl, 1937 (Goldstripe rasbora)
  • Rasbora cryptica Kottelat & H. H. Tan, 2012
  • Rasbora dandia (Valenciennes, 1844)
  • Rasbora daniconius (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Slender rasbora)
  • Rasbora dies Kottelat, 2008
  • Rasbora dorsinotata Kottelat, 1988
  • Rasbora dusonensis (Bleeker, 1850) (Rosefin rasbora)
  • Rasbora einthovenii (Bleeker, 1851) (Brilliant rasbora)
  • Rasbora elegans Volz, 1903 (Twospot rasbora)
  • Rasbora ennealepis T. R. Roberts, 1989
  • Rasbora everetti Boulenger, 1895
  • Rasbora gerlachi C. G. E. Ahl, 1928
  • Rasbora haru Lumbantobing, 2014
  • Rasbora hobelmani Kottelat, 1984 (Kottelat rasbora)
  • Rasbora hosii Boulenger, 1895
  • Rasbora hubbsi Brittan, 1954
  • Rasbora jacobsoni M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916
  • Rasbora johannae Siebert & Guiry, 1996
  • Rasbora kalbarensis Kottelat, 1991 (Kalbar rasbora)
  • Rasbora kalochroma (Bleeker, 1851) (Clown rasbora)
  • Rasbora kluetensis Lumbantobing, 2010
  • Rasbora kobonensis B. L. Chaudhuri, 1913
  • Rasbora kottelati K. K. P. Lim, 1995
  • Rasbora labiosa Mukerji, 1935
  • Rasbora lacrimula Hadiaty & Kottelat, 2009
  • Rasbora lateristriata (Bleeker, 1854) (Yellow rasbora)
  • Rasbora laticlavia Siebert & P. J. Richardson, 1997
  • Rasbora leptosoma (Bleeker, 1855) (Copperstripe rasbora)
  • Rasbora maninjau Lumbantobing, 2014
  • Rasbora marinae H. H. Tan & Kottelat, 2020
  • Rasbora meinkeni de Beaufort, 1931
  • Rasbora myersi Brittan, 1954
  • Rasbora naggsi N. K. A. Silva, Maduwage & Pethiyagoda, 2010
  • Rasbora nematotaenia C. L. Hubbs & Brittan, 1954
  • Rasbora nodulosa Lumbantobing, 2010
  • Rasbora notura Kottelat, 2005
  • Rasbora ornata Vishwanath & Laisram, 2005
  • Rasbora patrickyapi H. H. Tan, 2009
  • Rasbora paucisqualis C. G. E. Ahl, 1935 (Largescaled rasbora)
  • Rasbora paviana Tirant, 1885 (Sidestripe rasbora)
  • Rasbora philippina Günther, 1880 (Mindanao rasbora)
  • Rasbora rasbora (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Gangetic scissortail rasbora)
  • Rasbora reticulata M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1915
  • Rasbora rheophila Kottelat, 2012
  • Rasbora rubrodorsalis Donoso-Büchner & J. Schmidt, 1997
  • Rasbora rutteni M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916
  • Rasbora sarawakensis Brittan, 1951
  • Rasbora semilineata M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916
  • Rasbora septentrionalis Kottelat, 2000
  • Rasbora simonbirchi Britz & Tan, 2018
  • Rasbora spilotaenia C. L. Hubbs & Brittan, 1954
  • Rasbora steineri Nichols & C. H. Pope, 1927 (Chinese rasbora)
  • Rasbora subtilis T. R. Roberts, 1989
  • Rasbora sumatrana (Bleeker, 1852)
  • Rasbora tawarensis M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916
  • Rasbora taytayensis Herre, 1924
  • Rasbora tobana C. G. E. Ahl, 1934
  • Rasbora tornieri C. G. E. Ahl, 1922 (Yellowtail rasbora)
  • Rasbora trifasciata Popta, 1905
  • Rasbora trilineata Steindachner, 1870 (Scissortail rasbora)
  • Rasbora truncata Lumbantobing, 2010
  • Rasbora tubbi Brittan, 1954
  • Rasbora tuberculata Kottelat, 1995
  • Rasbora vaillantii Popta, 1905
  • Rasbora vietnamensis Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev, 2013
  • Rasbora volzii Popta, 1905
  • Rasbora vulcanus H. H. Tan, 1999
  • Rasbora vulgaris Duncker, 1904 (Black-tip rasbora)
  • Rasbora wilpita Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1991 (Wilpita rasbora)
 
Slender rasbora (Rasbora daniconius)

In the aquarium

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Rasboras are extremely popular in the pet trade. One of them is the scissortail rasbora.

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References

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  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Rasbora in FishBase. October 2016 version.