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Boraras

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Boraras
Chili rasbora, (Boraras brigittae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Danionidae
Subfamily: Rasborinae
Genus: Boraras
Kottelat & Vidthayanon, 1993[1][2]
Type species
Boraras micros
Kottelat & Vidthayanon, 1993[2]
Species

6, see text.

Boraras is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the subfamily Rasborinae - the Rasbora, which along with sister subfamily Danioninae (Danio, Devario, Microdevario) comprise the family Danionidae, group popular among freshwater aquarium hobbyists.


The fish in this genus are found in Asia.[3]

Species

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There are currently six valid species:[4][3]

Image Species Common name
Boraras brigittae

(D. Vogt, 1978)

 Chili rasbora, mosquito rasbora
Boraras maculatus

(Duncker, 1904)

 Dwarf rasbora, spotted rasbora
Boraras merah

(Kottelat, 1991)

 Phoenix rasbora
Boraras micros

Kottelat & Vidthayanon, 1993

 Three-spotted dwarf rasbora
Boraras naevus

Conway & Kottelat, 2011[5]

 Strawberry rasbora
Boraras urophthalmoides

(Kottelat, 1991)

 Least rasbora, exclamation point rasbora

References

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  1. ↑ Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Boraras Kottelat & Vidthayanon, 1993". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  2. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Rasvborinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  3. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Boraras". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Boraras". FishBase. August 2011 version.
  5. ↑ KEVIN W. CONWAY; MAURICE KOTTELAT (24 August 2011). "Boraras naevus, a new species of miniature and sexually dichromatic freshwater fish from peninsular Thailand (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae)". Zootaxa. 3002 (1): 45. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3002.1.4. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q97567360.
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