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* Kottelat, 2000
* *Rasbora api* Lumbantobing, 2010
* *Rasbora aprotaenia* C. L. Hubbs & Brittan, 1954
* *Rasbora argyrotaenia* (Bleeker, 1849) (Silver rasbora)
* *Rasbora armitagei* N. K. A. Silva, Maduwage & Pethiyagoda, 2010
* *Rasbora arundinata* Lumbantobing, 2014
* *Rasbora ataenia* Plamoottil, 2016
* *Rasbora atranus* Kottelat & H. H. Tan, 2011
* *Rasbora atridorsalis* Kottelat & X. L. Chu, 1988
* *Rasbora aurotaenia* Tirant, 1885 (Pale rasbora)
* *Rasbora baliensis* C. L. Hubbs & Brittan, 1954
* *Rasbora bankanensis* (Bleeker, 1853)
* *Rasbora bindumatoga* Lumbantobing, 2014
* *Rasbora borapetensis* H. M. Smith, 1934 (Blackline rasbora)
* *Rasbora borneensis* Bleeker, 1860
* *Rasbora bunguranensis* Brittan, 1951
* *Rasbora caudimaculata* Volz, 1903 (Greater scissortail)
* *Rasbora cephalotaenia* (Bleeker, 1852)
* *Rasbora chrysotaenia* C. G. E. Ahl, 1937 (Goldstripe rasbora)
* *Rasbora cryptica* Kottelat & H. H. Tan, 2012
* *Rasbora dandia* (Valenciennes, 1844)
* *Rasbora daniconius* (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Slender rasbora)
* *Rasbora dies* Kottelat, 2008
* *Rasbora dorsinotata* Kottelat, 1988
* *Rasbora dusonensis* (Bleeker, 1850) (Rosefin rasbora)
* *Rasbora einthovenii* (Bleeker, 1851) (Brilliant rasbora)
* *Rasbora elegans* Volz, 1903 (Twospot rasbora)
* *Rasbora ennealepis* T. R. Roberts, 1989
* *Rasbora everetti* Boulenger, 1895
* *Rasbora gerlachi* C. G. E. Ahl, 1928
* *Rasbora haru* Lumbantobing, 2014
* *Rasbora hobelmani* Kottelat, 1984 (Kottelat rasbora)
* *Rasbora hosii* Boulenger, 1895
* *Rasbora hubbsi* Brittan, 1954
* *Rasbora jacobsoni* M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916
* *Rasbora johannae* Siebert & Guiry, 1996
* *Rasbora kalbarensis* Kottelat, 1991 (Kalbar rasbora)
* *Rasbora kalochroma* (Bleeker, 1851) (Clown rasbora)
* *Rasbora kluetensis* Lumbantobing, 2010
* *Rasbora kobonensis* B. L. Chaudhuri, 1913
* *Rasbora kottelati* K. K. P. Lim, 1995
* *Rasbora labiosa* Mukerji, 1935
* *Rasbora lacrimula* Hadiaty & Kottelat, 2009
* *Rasbora lateristriata* (Bleeker, 1854) (Yellow rasbora)
* *Rasbora laticlavia* Siebert & P. J. Richardson, 1997
* *Rasbora leptosoma* (Bleeker, 1855) (Copperstripe rasbora)
* *Rasbora maninjau* Lumbantobing, 2014
* *Rasbora marinae* H. H. Tan & Kottelat, 2020
* *Rasbora meinkeni* de Beaufort, 1931
* *Rasbora myersi* Brittan, 1954
* *Rasbora naggsi* N. K. A. Silva, Maduwage & Pethiyagoda, 2010
* *Rasbora nematotaenia* C. L. Hubbs & Brittan, 1954
* *Rasbora nodulosa* Lumbantobing, 2010
* *Rasbora notura* Kottelat, 2005
* *Rasbora ornata* Vishwanath & Laisram, 2005
* *Rasbora patrickyapi* H. H. Tan, 2009
* *Rasbora paucisqualis* C. G. E. Ahl, 1935 (Largescaled rasbora)
* *Rasbora paviana* Tirant, 1885 (Sidestripe rasbora)
* *Rasbora philippina* Günther, 1880 (Mindanao rasbora)
* *Rasbora rasbora* (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Gangetic scissortail rasbora)
* *Rasbora reticulata* M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1915
* *Rasbora rheophila* Kottelat, 2012
* *Rasbora rubrodorsalis* Donoso-Büchner & J. Schmidt, 1997
* *Rasbora rutteni* M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916
* *Rasbora sarawakensis* Brittan, 1951
* *Rasbora semilineata* M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916
* *Rasbora septentrionalis* Kottelat, 2000
* *Rasbora simonbirchi* Britz & Tan, 2018
* *Rasbora spilotaenia* C. L. Hubbs & Brittan, 1954
* *Rasbora steineri* Nichols & C. H. Pope, 1927 (Chinese rasbora)
* *Rasbora subtilis* T. R. Roberts, 1989
* *Rasbora sumatrana* (Bleeker, 1852)
* *Rasbora tawarensis* M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916
* *Rasbora taytayensis* Herre, 1924
* *Rasbora tobana* C. G. E. Ahl, 1934 
* *Rasbora tornieri* C. G. E. Ahl, 1922 (Yellowtail rasbora)
* *Rasbora trifasciata* Popta, 1905
* *Rasbora trilineata* Steindachner, 1870 (Scissortail rasbora)
* *Rasbora truncata* Lumbantobing, 2010
* *Rasbora tubbi* Brittan, 1954
* *Rasbora tuberculata* Kottelat, 1995
* *Rasbora vaillantii* Popta, 1905
* *Rasbora vietnamensis* Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev, 2013
* *Rasbora volzii* Popta, 1905
* *Rasbora vulcanus* H. H. Tan, 1999
* *Rasbora vulgaris* Duncker, 1904 (Black-tip rasbora)
* *Rasbora wilpita* Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1991 (Wilpita rasbora)

 (*Rasbora daniconius*)]]

## 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 
# Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of *Rasbora* in FishBase. October 2016 version.