Biology:Brevibora

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Brevibora
Rasbora dorsiocellata.jpg
Eyespot rasbora (Brevibora dorsiocellata)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Brevibora
T. Y. Liao, S. O. Kullander & F. Fang, 2010
Type species
Rasbora dorsiocellata
Duncker, 1904

Brevibora is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish native to Southeast Asia. They are small, no more than 2.8 cm (1.1 in) in standard length, and restricted to acidic blackwater rivers, streams and peat swamp lakes in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo.[1][2]

Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Liao, T.-Y. & Tan, H.H. (2014): Brevibora exilis, a new rasborin fish from Borneo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (3) [2013]: 209-215.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Brevibora in FishBase. March 2019 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q3280497 entry