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Family: Danionidae Danios



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Raiamas steindachneri Africa 12.5 SL 1908
Rasbora adisi Gal oya striped rasbora Asia 7.7 SL 2020
Rasbora amplistriga Asia 3.4 SL 2000
Rasbora api Asia 4.7 SL 2010
Rasbora aprotaenia Asia 5.1 SL 1954
Rasbora argyrotaenia Silver rasbora Asia 14 TL 1849
Rasbora armitagei Armitagei’s striped rasbora Asia 6.2 SL 2010
Rasbora arundinata Asia 8.6 SL 2014
Rasbora atranus Asia 2011
Rasbora atridorsalis Asia 8.2 SL 1988
Rasbora aurotaenia Pale rasbora Asia 15 SL 1885
Rasbora baliensis Asia 3.5 SL 1954
Rasbora bankanensis Asia 6 SL 1853
Rasbora beauforti Spotlight rasbora Asia 2 TL 1937
Rasbora bindumatoga Asia 7.2 SL 2014
Rasbora borapetensis Blackline rasbora Asia 10 TL 1934
Rasbora borneensis Asia 8 SL 1860
Rasbora bunguranensis Asia 8 SL 1951
Rasbora caudimaculata Greater scissortail Asia 17 SL 1903
Rasbora caverii Cauvery rasbora Asia 10 TL 1849
Rasbora cephalotaenia Asia 13 TL 1852
Rasbora chrysotaenia Goldstripe rasbora Asia 3.5 TL 1937
Rasbora cryptica Asia 2012
Rasbora dandia Broad striped rasbora Asia 9.9 SL 1844
Rasbora daniconius Slender rasbora Asia 15 TL 1822
Rasbora dies Asia 3.6 SL 2008
Rasbora dorsinotata Asia 4.3 SL 1987
Rasbora dusonensis Rosefin rasbora Asia 12 SL 1850
Rasbora einthovenii Brilliant rasbora Asia 9 TL 1851
Rasbora elegans Twospot rasbora Asia 20 SL 1903
Rasbora ennealepis Asia 4.5 SL 1989
Rasbora everetti Asia 6.8 SL 1895
Rasbora gerlachi Africa 1928
Rasbora haru Asia 10.3 SL 2014
Rasbora hobelmani Kottelat rasbora Asia 6 SL 1984
Rasbora hosii Asia 7.1 SL 1895
Rasbora hubbsi Asia 5 TL 1954
Rasbora jacobsoni Asia 4.7 SL 1916
Rasbora johannae Asia 3.8 SL 1996
Rasbora kalbarensis Kalbar rasbora Asia 2.5 SL 1991
Rasbora kalochroma Clown rasbora Asia 10 TL 1851
Rasbora kluetensis Asia 4.4 SL 2010
Rasbora kobonensis Asia 14.7 TL 1913
Rasbora kottelati Asia 7.0 SL 1995
Rasbora labiosa Asia 8.5 TL 1935
Rasbora lacrimula Asia 2009
Rasbora lateristriata Yellow rasbora Asia 12 TL 1854
Rasbora laticlavia Asia 11.2 SL 1997
Rasbora leptosoma Copperstripe rasbora Asia 9.4 TL 1855
Rasbora maninjau Asia 8.3 SL 2014
Rasbora meinkeni Asia 3.9 SL 1931
Rasbora microcephalus Narrow striped rasbora Asia 7.7 SL 1849
Rasbora myersi Asia. 7.3 SL 1954
Rasbora naggsi Naggsi’s striped rasbora Asia 7.7 SL 2010
Rasbora nematotaenia Asia 1954
Rasbora nodulosa Asia 5.2 SL 2010
Rasbora notura Asia 7.2 SL 2005
Rasbora ornata Asia 2005
Rasbora patrickyapi Asia 5.7 SL 2009
Rasbora paucisqualis Largescaled rasbora Asia 4 SL 1935
Rasbora paviana Sidestripe rasbora Asia 12 SL 1885
Rasbora philippina Mindanao rasbora Asia 6.5 SL 1880
Rasbora rasbora Gangetic scissortail rasbora Asia 13 TL 1822
Rasbora reticulata Asia 6 TL 1915
Rasbora rheophila Asia 2012
Rasbora rubrodorsalis Asia 3.3 SL 1997
Rasbora rutteni Asia 4.3 SL 1916
Rasbora sarawakensis Asia 4.5 SL 1951
Rasbora semilineata Asia 3.7 SL 1916
Rasbora septentrionalis Asia 5.7 SL 2000
Rasbora spilotaenia Asia 7.8 SL 1954
Rasbora steineri Chinese rasbora Asia 10 TL 1927
Rasbora subtilis Asia 4 SL 1989
Rasbora sumatrana Asia 13 TL 1852
Rasbora tawarensis Asia 12 TL 1916
Rasbora taytayensis Asia 5 TL 1924
Rasbora tobana Asia 3.5 SL 1934
Rasbora tornieri Yellowtail rasbora Asia 17 SL 1922
Rasbora trifasciata Asia 5.9 SL 1905
Rasbora trilineata Three-lined rasbora Asia 13 TL 1870
Rasbora truncata Asia 3.8 SL 2010
Rasbora tubbi Asia 10.3 SL 1954
Rasbora tuberculata Asia 2.7 SL 1995
Rasbora vaillantii Asia 7.0 SL 1905
Rasbora vietnamensis Asia 3.9 TL 2013
Rasbora volzii Asia 12.6 TL 1905
Rasbora vulcanus Asia 4.0 SL 1999
Rasbora vulgaris Asia. 7.8 SL 1904
Rasbora wilpita Wilpita rasbora Asia 7.2 SL 1991
Rasboroides nigromarginatus Asia 3.0 SL 1957
Rasboroides pallidus Pallidus rasbora Asia 3.6 SL 1958
Rasboroides rohani Asia 3.6 SL 2013
Rasboroides vaterifloris Pearly rasbora Asia 4 TL 1930
Rasbosoma spilocerca Dwarf scissortail rasbora Asia 2.6 SL 1987
Rastrineobola argentea Silver cyprinid Africa 8 TL 1904
Salmostoma acinaces Silver razorbelly minnow Asia 15 TL 1844
Salmostoma bacaila Large razorbelly minnow Asia 18 TL 1822
Salmostoma balookee Bloch razorbelly minnow Asia 15 TL 1839
Salmostoma belachi Asia 1999
Salmostoma boopis Boopis razorbelly minnow Asia 12 TL 1874
Salmostoma horai Hora razorbelly minnow Asia 10 TL 1951
Salmostoma novacula Novacula razorbelly minnow Asia 12.5 TL 1840
Salmostoma orissaense Orissa razorbelly minnow Asia 10 TL 1968
Salmostoma phulo Finescale razorbelly minnow Asia 12 TL 1822
Salmostoma punjabense Punjab razorbelly minnow Asia 6 TL 1872
Salmostoma sardinella Sardinella razorbelly minnow Asia 15 TL 1844
Salmostoma sladoni Asia 12 TL 1870
Salmostoma untrahi Mahanadi razorbelly minnow Asia 20 TL 1869
Securicula gora Asia 24.5 TL 1822
Thryssocypris ornithostoma Asia 9 SL 1991
Thryssocypris smaragdinus Asia 5.4 SL 1984
Thryssocypris tonlesapensis Asia 6.4 SL 1984
Thryssocypris wongrati Asia 5.2 SL 2012
Trigonopoma gracile Asia 5.5 SL 1991
Trigonopoma pauciperforatum Redstripe rasbora Asia 7 TL 1916
Trigonostigma espei Lambchop rasbora Asia 2.5 SL 1967
Trigonostigma hengeli Glowlight rasbora Asia 3 SL 1956
Trigonostigma heteromorpha Harlequin rasbora Asia 5 TL 1904
Trigonostigma somphongsi Asia 10.5 TL 1958
Trigonostigma truncata Asia 2.5 SL 2020



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