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Microrasbora

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Microrasbora
Microrasbora rubescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Microrasbora
Annandale, 1918
Type species
Microrasbora rubescens
Annandale, 1918
Species

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Microrasbora is a genus of small fishes. The generic name means "small Rasbora", however these are more closely related to the danios than rasboras.[1] They inhabit freshwater in Myanmar and Yunnan, China.[2]

Taxonomy

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Microrasbora, until recently, included a number of described species. Microrasbora erythromicron was first shown to be a member of the genus Danio in 1999.[3] This move has been confirmed by numerous studies.[1][4] Three other species, M. gatesi, M. kubotai, and M. nana were moved to a new genus, Microdevario,[4] leaving Microrasbora rubescens as the only confirmed species in the genus. However, Fang et al. did not comment on the placement of Microrasbora microphthalma.

Species

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Two described species are currently included in this genus:[2]

Species of uncertain affinity:

References

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  1. ^ a b Mayden, Richard L.; Tang, Kevin L.; Conway, Kevin W.; Freyhof, Jörg; Chamberlain, Sarah; Haskins, Miranda; Schneider, Leah; Sudkamp, Mitchell; Wood Robert M.; Agnew, Mary; Bufalino, Angelo; Sulaiman, Zohrah; Miya, Masaki; Saitoh, Kenji & He, Shunping (2007): Phylogenetic relationships of Danio within the order Cypriniformes: a framework for comparative and evolutionary studies of a model species. Journal of Experimental Zoology B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 308B(5): 1-13. doi:10.1002/jez.b.21175 PMID 17554749 (HTML abstract)
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Microrasbora". FishBase. March 2019 version.
  3. ^ Kottelat, M. & Witte, K.E. (1999): Two new species of Microrasbora from Thailand and Myanmar, with two new generic names for small Southeast Asian cyprinid fishes (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Journal of South Asian Natural History 4(1): 49-56.
  4. ^ a b Fang, F., Norén, M., Liao, T. Y., Källersjö, M. & Kullander, S. O. 2009. Molecular phylogenetic interrelationships of the south Asian cyprinid genera Danio, Devario, and Microrasbora (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Danioninae). Zoologica Scripta 38:237-256.
  5. ^ Hellweg, Mike (2008): The Glowlight Rasbora (Microrasbora sp. "thuzari"). Retrieved 2008-JAN-23.