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Boraras

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Boraras
Chili rasbora, (Boraras brigittae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Boraras
Kottelat & Vidthayanon, 1993[1]
Species

6, see text.

Boraras is a small genus of Asian cyprinid fishes.

Species

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There are currently six valid species:[2]

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[3]

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. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Boraras". FishBase. August 2011 version.
  3. ^ 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.