Rasbora

Rasbora
Silver rasbora (Rasbora argyrotaenia)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Danionidae
Subfamily:	Rasborinae
Genus:	Rasbora Bleeker, 1859
Type species
Rasbora cephalotaenia Bleeker, 1852
Species
over 80, see text
Synonyms
Parluciosoma Howes, 1980

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

• Cyprinus yilongensis
• Rasbora trilineata
• Rasbora cephalotaenia

References

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

1. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Rasborinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 February 2025.