Laubuka tenella

Laubuka tenella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Danionidae
Subfamily:	Danioninae
Genus:	Laubuka
Species:	L. tenella
Binomial name
	Laubuka tenella; Kullander, Rahman, Norén & Mollah, 2018

Last updated February 18, 2025

Laubuka tenella is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to family Danionidae. It was described in 2018 from specimens collected in the small streams of Cox's Bazar and Teknaf in Bangladesh and Thandwe river drainage in Western Myanmar.^[1]

Description

Body length is 42.1 mm SL. Body elongate and strongly compressed laterally. Eyes large. Barbels and tubercles absent. Scales cycloid, thin and transparent. Lab specimen are pale yellowish white with diffuse grey or black markings. Brown stripe found on dorsal midline. Thin black or brown stripe runs along middle of caudal peduncle. Fins hyaline.

References

↑ Kullander, Sven; Rahman, Md Mizanur; Norén, Michael; Mollah, Abdur Rob (2018-12-03). "Laubuka tenella, a new species of cyprinid fish from southeastern Bangladesh and southwestern Myanmar (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Danioninae)". ZooKeys (742): 105–126. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.742.22510 . ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5904547 . PMID 29670433.

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[1] Kullander, Sven; Rahman, Md Mizanur; Norén, Michael; Mollah, Abdur Rob (2018-12-03). "Laubuka tenella, a new species of cyprinid fish from southeastern Bangladesh and southwestern Myanmar (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Danioninae)". ZooKeys (742): 105–126. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.742.22510 . ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5904547 . PMID 29670433.

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