Rasbora meinkeni

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Rasbora meinkeni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Danionidae
Subfamily: Rasborinae
Genus: Rasbora
Species:
R. meinkeni
Binomial name
Rasbora meinkeni

Rasbora meinkeni is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Rasbora from Sumatra.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of aquarist/ichthyologist Herrmann Meinken (1896-1976), who gave de Beaufort a this species in the form of a breeding pair on which description is based. [3]


References

  1. ↑ Lumbantobing, D. (2020). "Rasbora meinkeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T91073625A91073629. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T91073625A91073629.en . Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rasbora meinkeni". FishBase .
  3. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family SUNDADANIONIDAE and DANIONIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 April 2022.


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