Rasboroides
Rasboroides | |
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Rasboroides nigromarginatus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Danioninae |
Genus: | Rasboroides Brittan, 1954 |
Type species | |
Rasbora vaterifloris Deraniyagala, 1930 |
Rasboroides is a genus of small cyprinid fishes endemic to Sri Lanka.[1] They are found in small, shaded streams in the southwestern part of the island.[2]
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Rasboroides nigromarginatus (Meinken, 1957)
- Rasboroides pallidus Deraniyagala, 1958
- Rasboroides rohani Batuwita, M. de Silva & Edirisinghe, 2013[2]
- Rasboroides vaterifloris (Deraniyagala, 1930) (Pearly rasbora)
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Rasboroides in FishBase. October 2013 version.
- 1 2 3 Batuwita, S., Silva, M.d. & Edirisinghe, U. (2013): A review of the danionine genera Rasboroides and Horadandia (Pisces: Cyprinidae), with description of a new species from Sri Lanka. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (2): 121-140.
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