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Rasbora meinkeni

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

Rasbora meinkeni is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Rasbora from Sumatra.

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of aquarist/ichthyologist Herrmann Meinken (1896-1976), who gave de Beaufort a this species in the form of a breeding pair on which description is based. [2]


References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rasbora meinkeni". 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 6 April 2022.