Rasbora

Rasbora is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae. They are native to freshwater habitats in South and Southeast Asia, as well as southeast China. A single species, R. gerlachi, is only known from an old specimen that reputedly originated from Africa (Cameroon), but this locality is considered doubtful. They are small, up to 17 cm long, although most species do not surpass 10 cm and many have a dark horizontal stripe.

Several species are regularly kept in aquariums. As a common English name, "rasbora" is used for many species in the genus Rasbora, as well as several species in genera Brevibora, Boraras, Megarasbora, Metzia, Microdevario, Microrasbora, Rasboroides, Rasbosoma, Sawbwa, Trigonopoma and Trigonostigma. Some of these related genera were included in the genus Rasbora in the past. In a 2007 analysis, Rasbora was found to not be a monophyletic assemblage. However Boraras and Trigonostigma were determined to be monophyletic.

Species
According to FishBase, 84 recognized species are in this genus. This differs to some extent from the treatment by Catalog of Fishes, where some of these are regarded as junior synonyms and a few others (not listed below) are recognized as valid 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 (Three-lined 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)