Rasbora

A **rasbora** is any fish in the genus ***Rasbora***. Part of the Cyprinidae family, these small fishes are found in freshwater areas in Southeast Asia.

## Species

There are 84 species:

- _Rasbora adisi_ Sudasinghe, Pethiyagoda, Hettiarachchige, Ranasinghe, Raghavan, Dahanukar & Meegaskumbura, 2020
- _Rasbora amplistriga_ <small>Kottelat, 2000</small>
- _Rasbora api_ <small>Lumbantobing, 2010</small>
- _Rasbora aprotaenia_ <small>C. L. Hubbs & Brittan, 1954</small>
- _Rasbora argyrotaenia_ <small>(Bleeker, 1849)</small> (Silver rasbora)
- _Rasbora armitagei_ <small>N. K. A. Silva, Maduwage & Pethiyagoda, 2010</small>
- _Rasbora arundinata_ <small>Lumbantobing, 2014</small>
- _Rasbora ataenia_ <small>Plamoottil, 2016</small>
- _Rasbora atranus_ <small>Kottelat & H. H. Tan, 2011</small>
- _Rasbora atridorsalis_ <small>Kottelat & X. L. Chu, 1988</small>
- _Rasbora aurotaenia_ <small>Tirant, 1885</small> (Pale rasbora)
- _Rasbora baliensis_ <small>C. L. Hubbs & Brittan, 1954</small>
- _Rasbora bankanensis_ <small>(Bleeker, 1853)</small>
- _Rasbora bindumatoga_ <small>Lumbantobing, 2014</small>
- _Rasbora borapetensis_ <small>H. M. Smith, 1934</small> (Blackline rasbora)
- _Rasbora borneensis_ <small>Bleeker, 1860</small>
- _Rasbora bunguranensis_ <small>Brittan, 1951</small>
- _Rasbora caudimaculata_ <small>Volz, 1903</small> (Greater scissortail)
- _Rasbora cephalotaenia_ <small>(Bleeker, 1852)</small>
- _Rasbora chrysotaenia_ <small>C. G. E. Ahl, 1937</small> (Goldstripe rasbora)
- _Rasbora cryptica_ <small>Kottelat & H. H. Tan, 2012</small>
- _Rasbora dandia_ <small>(Valenciennes, 1844)</small>
- _Rasbora daniconius_ <small>(F. Hamilton, 1822)</small> (Slender rasbora)
- _Rasbora dies_ <small>Kottelat, 2008</small>
- _Rasbora dorsinotata_ <small>Kottelat, 1988</small>
- _Rasbora dusonensis_ <small>(Bleeker, 1850)</small> (Rosefin rasbora)
- _Rasbora einthovenii_ <small>(Bleeker, 1851)</small> (Brilliant rasbora)
- _Rasbora elegans_ <small>Volz, 1903</small> (Twospot rasbora)
- _Rasbora ennealepis_ <small>T. R. Roberts, 1989</small>
- _Rasbora everetti_ <small>Boulenger, 1895</small>
- _Rasbora gerlachi_ <small>C. G. E. Ahl, 1928</small>
- _Rasbora haru_ <small>Lumbantobing, 2014</small>
- _Rasbora hobelmani_ <small>Kottelat, 1984</small> (Kottelat rasbora)
- _Rasbora hosii_ <small>Boulenger, 1895</small>
- _Rasbora hubbsi_ <small>Brittan, 1954</small>
- _Rasbora jacobsoni_ <small>M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916</small>
- _Rasbora johannae_ <small>Siebert & Guiry, 1996</small>
- _Rasbora kalbarensis_ <small>Kottelat, 1991</small> (Kalbar rasbora)
- _Rasbora kalochroma_ <small>(Bleeker, 1851)</small> (Clown rasbora)
- _Rasbora kluetensis_ <small>Lumbantobing, 2010</small>
- _Rasbora kobonensis_ <small>B. L. Chaudhuri, 1913</small>
- _Rasbora kottelati_ <small>K. K. P. Lim, 1995</small>
- _Rasbora labiosa_ <small>Mukerji, 1935</small>
- _Rasbora lacrimula_ <small>Hadiaty & Kottelat, 2009</small>
- _Rasbora lateristriata_ <small>(Bleeker, 1854)</small> (Yellow rasbora)
- _Rasbora laticlavia_ <small>Siebert & P. J. Richardson, 1997</small>
- _Rasbora leptosoma_ <small>(Bleeker, 1855)</small> (Copperstripe rasbora)
- _Rasbora maninjau_ <small>Lumbantobing, 2014</small>
- _Rasbora marinae_ <small>H. H. Tan & Kottelat, 2020</small>
- _Rasbora meinkeni_ <small>de Beaufort, 1931</small>
- _Rasbora myersi_ <small>Brittan, 1954</small>
- _Rasbora naggsi_ <small>N. K. A. Silva, Maduwage & Pethiyagoda, 2010</small>
- _Rasbora nematotaenia_ <small>C. L. Hubbs & Brittan, 1954</small>
- _Rasbora nodulosa_ <small>Lumbantobing, 2010</small>
- _Rasbora notura_ <small>Kottelat, 2005</small>
- _Rasbora ornata_ <small>Vishwanath & Laisram, 2005</small>
- _Rasbora patrickyapi_ <small>H. H. Tan, 2009</small>
- _Rasbora paucisqualis_ <small>C. G. E. Ahl, 1935</small> (Largescaled rasbora)
- _Rasbora paviana_ <small>Tirant, 1885</small> (Sidestripe rasbora)
- _Rasbora philippina_ <small>Günther, 1880</small> (Mindanao rasbora)
- _Rasbora rasbora_ <small>(F. Hamilton, 1822)</small> (Gangetic scissortail rasbora)
- _Rasbora reticulata_ <small>M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1915</small>
- _Rasbora rheophila_ <small>Kottelat, 2012</small>
- _Rasbora rubrodorsalis_ <small>Donoso-Büchner & J. Schmidt, 1997</small>
- _Rasbora rutteni_ <small>M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916</small>
- _Rasbora sarawakensis_ <small>Brittan, 1951</small>
- _Rasbora semilineata_ <small>M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916</small>
- _Rasbora septentrionalis_ <small>Kottelat, 2000</small>
- _Rasbora simonbirchi_ <small>Britz & Tan, 2018</small>
- _Rasbora spilotaenia_ <small>C. L. Hubbs & Brittan, 1954</small>
- _Rasbora steineri_ <small>Nichols & C. H. Pope, 1927</small> (Chinese rasbora)
- _Rasbora subtilis_ <small>T. R. Roberts, 1989</small>
- _Rasbora sumatrana_ <small>(Bleeker, 1852)</small>
- _Rasbora tawarensis_ <small>M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916</small>
- _Rasbora taytayensis_ <small>Herre, 1924</small>
- _Rasbora tobana_ <small>C. G. E. Ahl, 1934</small>
- _Rasbora tornieri_ <small>C. G. E. Ahl, 1922</small> (Yellowtail rasbora)
- _Rasbora trifasciata_ <small>Popta, 1905</small>
- _Rasbora trilineata_ <small>Steindachner, 1870</small> (Scissortail rasbora)
- _Rasbora truncata_ <small>Lumbantobing, 2010</small>
- _Rasbora tubbi_ <small>Brittan, 1954</small>
- _Rasbora tuberculata_ <small>Kottelat, 1995</small>
- _Rasbora vaillantii_ <small>Popta, 1905</small>
- _Rasbora vietnamensis_ <small>Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev, 2013</small>
- _Rasbora volzii_ <small>Popta, 1905</small>
- _Rasbora vulcanus_ <small>H. H. Tan, 1999</small>
- _Rasbora vulgaris_ <small>Duncker, 1904 (Black-tip rasbora)</small>
- _Rasbora wilpita_ <small>Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1991</small> (Wilpita rasbora)

## In the aquarium

Rasboras are extremely popular in the pet trade. One of them is the scissortail rasbora.

## Related pages

- Cyprinus yilongensis
- Rasbora trilineata
- Rasbora cephalotaenia

## References

1. <small>Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of _Rasbora_ in FishBase. October 2016 version.</small>