Microrasbora
| Microrasbora | |
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| Microrasbora rubescens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Danioninae |
| Genus: | Microrasbora Annandale, 1918 |
| Type species | |
| Microrasbora rubescens Annandale, 1918
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Microrasbora is a genus of small fishes. The generic name means "small Rasbora", however these are more closely related to the danios than rasboras.[1] They inhabit freshwater in Myanmar and Yunnan, China.[2]
Taxonomy[edit]
Microrasbora, until recently, included a number of described species. Microrasbora erythromicron was first shown to be a member of the genus Danio in 1999.[3] This move has been confirmed by numerous studies.[1][4] Three other species, M. gatesi, M. kubotai, and M. nana were moved to a new genus, Microdevario,[4] leaving Microrasbora rubescens as the only confirmed species in the genus. However, Fang et al. did not comment on the placement of Microrasbora microphthalma.
Species[edit]
Two described species are currently included in this genus:[2]
- Microrasbora microphthalma Y. E. Jiang, X. Y. Chen & J. X. Yang, 2008
- Microrasbora rubescens Annandale, 1918 (red dwarf rasbora)
Species of uncertain affinity:
- Microrasbora cf. rubescens "Thuzari" – Flame Red Rasbora,Asian cardinal rasbora; tentatively placed here[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Mayden, Richard L.; Tang, Kevin L.; Conway, Kevin W.; Freyhof, Jörg; Chamberlain, Sarah; Haskins, Miranda; Schneider, Leah; Sudkamp, Mitchell; Wood Robert M.; Agnew, Mary; Bufalino, Angelo; Sulaiman, Zohrah; Miya, Masaki; Saitoh, Kenji & He, Shunping (2007): Phylogenetic relationships of Danio within the order Cypriniformes: a framework for comparative and evolutionary studies of a model species. Journal of Experimental Zoology B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 308B(5): 1-13. doi:10.1002/jez.b.21175 PMID 17554749 (HTML abstract)
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Microrasbora in FishBase. March 2019 version.
- ^ Kottelat, M. & Witte, K.E. (1999): Two new species of Microrasbora from Thailand and Myanmar, with two new generic names for small Southeast Asian cyprinid fishes (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Journal of South Asian Natural History 4(1): 49-56.
- ^ a b Fang, F., Norén, M., Liao, T. Y., Källersjö, M. & Kullander, S. O. 2009. Molecular phylogenetic interrelationships of the south Asian cyprinid genera Danio, Devario, and Microrasbora (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Danioninae). Zoologica Scripta 38:237-256.
- ^ Hellweg, Mike (2008): The Glowlight Rasbora (Microrasbora sp. "thuzari"). Retrieved 2008-JAN-23.
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