Least rasbora

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Least rasbora
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.[2] This species is very small, ranging from 12 to 16 mm (0.47 to 0.63 in).[citation needed]


References[edit]

  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.) (2024). "Boraras urophthalmoides" in FishBase. March 2024 version.

Further reading[edit]

  • 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).