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Rasbora johannae

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Rasbora johannae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Rasbora
Species:
R. johannae
Binomial name
Rasbora johannae

Rasbora johannae is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora. It is endemic to Kalimantan. This species reaches a length of 3.8 cm (1.5 in).

Etymology

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The fish is named in memory of British politician Joan Helen Vickers (1907-1994), a British Conservative London Councillor and Member of Parliament and later the chairman of the Anglo-Indonesian Society.[2]


References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rasbora johannae". FishBase.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family SUNDADANIONIDAE and DANIONIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  • Siebert, D.J. and S. Guiry, 1996. Rasbora johannae (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a new species of the R. trifasciata-complex from Kalimantan, Indonesia. Cybium 29(4):395-404.