Rasbora api

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Rasbora api
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Rasbora
Species:
R. api
Binomial name
Rasbora api

Rasbora api is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Rasbora . It inhabits the Kluet, Alas, Aek Batugarigis, Aek Sibundung, Batang Lumut, and Batang Toru rivers in Sumatra. [1]

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Discovered by Daniel Natanael Lumbantobing, an Indonesian doctoral student in the Department of Biological Sciences of The George Washington University, United States. [2]

Etymology

The name 'api' meaning fire in Indonesian, was chosen due to the fire orange color of the fishes caudal and dorsal fin. A pigmentation pattern appearing like fire when the fish is alive. [2]

Description

its distinguishing feature from other members of its group, Rasbora trifasciata is by the black lateral line running across its flank and the stout and tall cephalic tubercles of males, meanwhile Rasbora nodulosa cephalic tubercles are smaller. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Rasbora api" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  2. 1 2 Lumbantobing, Daniel. (2010). Four New Species of the Rasbora trifasciata-Group (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Northwestern Sumatra, Indonesia. Copeia. 2010. 644-670. 10.2307/40962962.
  3. "Rasbora api". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2023-02-16.