Rasboroides nigromarginatus
Rasboroides nigromarginatus is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish endemic to Sri Lanka where only known from small, shaded streams in the Atweltota region of the Kalu River basin.[1] It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Danioninae |
| Genus: | Rasboroides |
| Species: | R. nigromarginatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rasboroides nigromarginatus Meinken, 1957 | |
Long considered a synonym of R. vaterifloris, R. nigromarginatus was revalidated as a species in 2013.[1] A comprehensive taxonomic review in 2018 based on morphometry, meristics and mtDNA disputed this, returning it to being a synonym of R. vaterifloris.[3]
References
- Batuwita, Sudesh; de Silva, M.; Edirisinghe, U. (November 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. 24 (2): 121–140.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Rasboroides nigromaculatus" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
- Sudasinghe, H., J. Herath, R. Pethiyagoda and M. Meegaskumbura. (2018). Undocumented Translocations Spawn Taxonomic Inflation in Sri Lankan Fire Rasboras (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae). PeerJ. 6:e6084. doi:10.7717/peerj.6084
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