Brevibora
Brevibora is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish native to Southeast Asia. They are small, no more than 2.8 cm (1.1 in) in standard length, and restricted to acidic blackwater rivers, streams and peat swamp lakes in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo.[1][2]
| Brevibora | |
|---|---|
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| Eyespot rasbora (Brevibora dorsiocellata) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
| Genus: | Brevibora T. Y. Liao, S. O. Kullander & F. Fang, 2010 |
| Type species | |
| Rasbora dorsiocellata Duncker, 1904 | |
Species
There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Brevibora cheeya T. Y. Liao & H. H. Tan, 2011
- Brevibora exilis T. Y. Liao & H. H. Tan, 2014
- Brevibora dorsiocellata Duncker, 1904 (Eyespot rasbora)
References
- Liao, T.-Y. & Tan, H.H. (2014): Brevibora exilis, a new rasborin fish from Borneo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (3) [2013]: 209-215.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Brevibora in FishBase. March 2019 version.
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