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Rasbora

Rasbora
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Rasbora argyrotaenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Rasbora
Bleeker, 1859
Type species
Leuciscus cephalotaenia
Bleeker, 1852

Rasbora is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae native to Asia. A number of species are regularly kept in aquariums. In a 2007 analysis, this genus was found to not be a monophyletic assemblage. However Boraras and Trigonostigma were determined to be monophyletic.

There are currently 86 recognized species in this genus:


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