Rasboroides pallidus

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Rasboroides pallidus
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Individual from Ambagamuwa, Sri Lanka
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Rasboroides
Species:
R. pallidus
Binomial name
Rasboroides pallidus
(Deraniyagala, 1930)
Synonyms [1]
  • Rasbora vaterifloris pallidaDeraniyagala, 1958
  • Rasboroides rohaniBatuwita, M. de Silva & Edirisinghe, 2013

Rasboroides pallidus is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish endemic to southwestern Sri Lanka. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is only known from shallow, slow-flowing streams in the basins of the Kalu River, Bentara River, Gin River, Polathu-Modera River and Nilwala River. [4] It has been introduced to the Mahaweli and Walawe River basins, and is overall less threatened than the related R. vaterifloris . [5]

A comprehensive taxonomic review in 2018 based on morphometry, meristics and mtDNA disputed the validity of R. rohani , showing that it is a junior synonym of R. pallidus; [5] this synonymy is followed by the Catalog of Fishes [6] but not the FishBase. [7]

It can grow to 3.6 cm (1.4 in) standard length. [3]

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References

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  4. 1 2 Batuwita, S.; de Silva, M.; Edirisinghe, U. (2013). "A review of the danionine genera Rasboroides and Horadandia (Pisces: Cyprinidae), with description of a new species from Sri Lanka". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 4 (2): 121–140.
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