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Least rasbora

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Species of fish

Least rasbora
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Boraras
Species: B. urophthalmoides
Binomial name
Boraras urophthalmoides
(Kottelat, 1991)

The least rasbora or exclamation point rasbora (Boraras urophthalmoides) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Boraras, native to freshwater habitats in mainland southeast Asia. This species is very small, ranging from 12 to 16 mm (0.47 to 0.63 in).

References

  1. Vidthayanon, C. (2011). "Boraras urophthalmoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T180809A7652171. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T180809A7652171.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Boraras urophthalmoides". FishBase. March 2024 version.

Further reading

  • Kottelat, M., 1991 - Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 2(2): 177–191. Notes on the taxonomy of some Sundaic and Indochinese species of Rasbora, with description of four new species (Pisces: Cyprinidae).
  • Conway, K. W., 2005 - Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 16(3): 249–264. Monophyly of the genus Boraras (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)
  • Conway, K. W. and M. Kottelat, 2011 - Zootaxa 3002: 45–51. Boraras naevus, a new species of miniature and sexually dichromatic freshwater fish from peninsular Thailand (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae).
  • Kottelat, M., 2013 - The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 27: 1–663. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries.
  • Liao, T. Y., Kullander, S. O. and F. Fang, 2009 - Zoologica Scripta 39(2): 155–176. Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Rasbora (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
  • Mayden, R. L., K. L. Tang, K. W. Conway, J. Freyhof, S. Chamberlain, M. Haskins, L. Schneider, M. Sudkamp, R. M. Wood, M. Agnew, A. Bufalino, Z. Sulaiman, M. Miya, K. Saitoh, and S. He, 2007 - Journal of Experimental Zoology, Molecular Development and Evolution 308B: 1–13. Phylogenetic relationships of Danio within the order Cypriniformes: a framework for comparative and evolutionary studies of a model species.
  • Tang, K. L., M. K. Agnew, W. J. Chen., M. V. Hirt, T. Sado, L. M. Schneider, J. Freyhof, Z. Sulaiman, E. Swartz, C. Vidthayanon, M. Miya, K. Saitoh, A. M. Simons, R. M. Wood and R. L. Mayden, 2010 - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57(1): 189–214. Systematics of the subfamily Danioninae (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae).
Taxon identifiers
Boraras urophthalmoides
Rasbora urophthalmoides
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