Boraras

Boraras
Chili rasbora, ( Boraras brigittae )
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Danionidae
Subfamily:	Rasborinae
Genus:	Boraras Kottelat & Vidthayanon, 1993 [1] [2]
Type species
Boraras micros Kottelat & Vidthayanon, 1993 [2]
Species
6, see text.

Boraras is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the subfamily Rasborinae - the Rasbora, which along with sister subfamily Danioninae (Danio, Devario, Microdevario) comprise the family Danionidae, group popular among freshwater aquarium hobbyists.

The fish in this genus are found in Asia. ^[3]

Species

There are currently six valid species: ^{[4] [3]}

Image	Species	Common name
	Boraras brigittae (D. Vogt, 1978)	Chili rasbora, mosquito rasbora
	Boraras maculatus (Duncker, 1904)	Dwarf rasbora, spotted rasbora
	Boraras merah (Kottelat, 1991)	Phoenix rasbora
	Boraras micros Kottelat & Vidthayanon, 1993	Three-spotted dwarf rasbora
	Boraras naevus Conway & Kottelat, 2011 [5]	Strawberry rasbora
	Boraras urophthalmoides (Kottelat, 1991)	Least rasbora, exclamation point rasbora

References

1. Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Boraras Kottelat & Vidthayanon, 1993". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 13 March 2024.
2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Rasvborinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 9 February 2025.
3. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Boraras". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 9 February 2025.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Boraras". FishBase . August 2011 version.
5. KEVIN W. CONWAY; MAURICE KOTTELAT (24 August 2011). "Boraras naevus, a new species of miniature and sexually dichromatic freshwater fish from peninsular Thailand (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae)". Zootaxa . 3002 (1): 45. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3002.1.4. ISSN   1175-5334. Wikidata   Q97567360.