Brevibora
| Brevibora | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Eyespot rasbora (Brevibora dorsiocellata) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Danionidae |
| Subfamily: | Rasborinae |
| Genus: | Brevibora T. Y. Liao, S. O. Kullander & F. Fang, 2010 |
| Type species | |
| Rasbora dorsiocellata Duncker, 1904 | |
Brevibora is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae. The fishes in this genus are native to Southeast Asia. They are small, no more than 2.8 cm (1.1 in) in standard length, and restricted to acidic blackwater rivers, streams and peat swamp lakes in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo.[1][2]
Species
[edit]There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Brevibora cheeya T. Y. Liao & H. H. Tan, 2011
- Brevibora exilis T. Y. Liao & H. H. Tan, 2014
- Brevibora dorsiocellata Duncker, 1904 (Eyespot rasbora)
References
[edit]- 1 2 Liao, T.-Y. & Tan, H.H. (2014): Brevibora exilis, a new rasborin fish from Borneo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (3) [2013]: 209–215.
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Brevibora". FishBase. March 2019 version.
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