Rasbora

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.

Species

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)

In the aquarium

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

Related pages

References

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