Biology:Rasboroides pallidus
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Short description: Species of fish
| Rasboroides pallidus | |
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| Individual from Ambagamuwa, Sri Lanka | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Danioninae |
| Genus: | Rasboroides |
| Species: | R. pallidus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rasboroides pallidus (Deraniyagala, 1930)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Rasboroides pallidus is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish endemic to southwestern Sri Lanka.[1][2][3][4] It is only known from shallow, slow-flowing streams in the basins of the Kalu River, Bentara River, Gin River, Polathu-Modera River and Nilwala River.[4] It has been introduced to the Mahaweli and Walawe River basins, and is overall less threatened than the related R. vaterifloris.[5]
A comprehensive taxonomic review in 2018 based on morphometry, meristics and mtDNA disputed the validity of R. rohani, showing that it is a junior synonym of R. pallidus;[5] this synonymy is followed by the Catalog of Fishes[6] but not the FishBase.[7]
It can grow to 3.6 cm (1.4 in) standard length.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Palmer-Newton, A.; de Alwis Goonatilake, S.; Fernado, M.; Kotagama, O. (2019). "Rasboroides pallidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T117513347A174844070. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/117513347/174844070. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Rasboroides pallidus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=61730.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Rasboroides pallidus" in FishBase. February 2021 version.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Batuwita, S.; de Silva, M.; Edirisinghe, U. (2013). "A review of the danionine genera Rasboroides and Horadandia (Pisces: Cyprinidae), with description of a new species from Sri Lanka". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 4 (2): 121–140.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sudasinghe, Hiranya; Herath, Jayampathi; Pethiyagoda, Rohan; Meegaskumbura, Madhava (2018). "Undocumented translocations spawn taxonomic inflation in Sri Lankan fire rasboras (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae)". PeerJ 6: e6084. doi:10.7717/peerj.6084.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Rasboroides rohani". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=73064.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Rasboroides rohani" in FishBase. February 2021 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q20720810 entry
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