| Pararasbora | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Suborder: | Cyprinoidei |
| Family: | Xenocyprididae |
| Genus: | Pararasbora Regan, 1908 [1] |
| Species: | P. moltrechti |
| Binomial name | |
| Pararasbora moltrechti Regan, 1908 [1] | |
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Pararasbora is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. The only species in the genus is Pararasbora moltrechti, Moltrecht's minnow. [2] This species is endemic to Taiwan. It was formerly considered to be a species in the genus Aphyocypris . The Endemic Species Research Institute [3] under the Council of Agriculture [4] of the Executive Yuan in Taiwan has listed this species as a "precious and rare species" among other endemic freshwater species. [5]
Named in honor of physician-entomologist Arnold Moltrecht (1873–1952), who collected the type specimen. [6]
Pararasbora moltrechti is distributed in the middle portion of western Taiwan, where they can be found in Tachia River and Tatu River. [7] Their total body length are usually seen from 4 cm to 8 cm. [7] [8]
