Rasborichthys

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Rasborichthys
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Xenocyprididae
Genus: Rasborichthys
Bleeker, 1860 [1]
Species:
R. helfricjii
Binomial name
Rasborichthys helfricjii
(Bleeker, 1857)
Synonyms [2]

Leuciscus helfrichiiBleeker, 1856

Rasborichthys 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 Rasborichthys helfrichii a fish found on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo in Southeast Asia. [3]

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References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Xenocyprididae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Rasborichthys". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  3. Weber, Max; Beaufort, Lieven Ferdinand de (1916). The Fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. E. J. Brill Limited.