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 | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Danioninae |
Genus: | Rasbosoma T. Y. Liao, S. O. Kullander & F. Fang, 2010 |
Species: | R. spilocerca
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Binomial name | |
Rasbosoma spilocerca | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Rasbora spilocerca Rainboth & Kottelat, 1987 |
References
edit- ^ a b Vidthayanon, C. (2012). "Rasbora spilocerca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T181127A1701385.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rasbosoma spilocerca". FishBase. April 2013 version.