| Raiamas | |
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| Trout barb (Raiamas bola) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Danioninae |
| Genus: | Raiamas D. S. Jordan, 1919 |
| Type species | |
| Cyprinus bola F. Hamilton, 1822 | |
| Species | |
17, see text. | |
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