Dwarf scissortail rasbora

Rasbosoma is a genus of cyprinid fish found in the Mekong Basin of Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand). The genus contains only one species, the dwarf scissortail rasbora or Rasbosoma spilocerca. They are small fish with maximum size 2.6 cm (1.0 in) SL.[2]

Dwarf scissortail rasbora

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Rasbosoma
T. Y. Liao, S. O. Kullander & F. Fang, 2010'
Species:
R. spilocerca
Binomial name
Rasbosoma spilocerca
(Rainboth & Kottelat, 1987)
Synonyms

Rasbora spilocerca Rainboth & Kottelat, 1987

References

  1. Vidthayanon, C. (2012). "Rasbora spilocerca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T181127A1701385.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Rasbosoma spilocerca" in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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