Rasbora maninjau

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Rasbora maninjau
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Rasbora
Species:
R. maninjau
Binomial name
Rasbora maninjau
Lumbantobing, 2014 [1]

Rasbora maninjau is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora . It is endemic to Lake Maninjau in Sumatra. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Rasbora maninjau" in FishBase. April 2015 version.