| Microrasbora | |
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| Microrasbora kubotai | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Subclass: | Neopterygii |
| Infraclass: | Teleostei |
| Superorder: | Ostariophysi |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Danioninae |
| Genus: | Microrasbora Annandale, 1918 |
| Species | |
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Microrasbora gatesi |
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Microrasbora is a genus of small fishes. The generic name means "small Rasbora", however these fish appear to be more closely related to the danios than rasboras.[1] They inhabit mainly Thailand and Myanmar; Microrasbora rubescens has escaped from aquariums and is now an invasive species in many temperate regions, apparently benefitting from global warming.[verification needed]
Current Taxonomy
Microrasbora, until recently, included a number of described species. Microrasbora erythromicron was first proposed to be moved into Danio in 1999.[2] This move has been confirmed by numerous studies.[1][3] However, three of these species, M. gatesi, M. kubotai, and M. nana were moved to a new genus, Microdevario.[3] However, they did not comment on the placement of Microrasbora microphthalma. This leaves Microrasbora rubescens as the only confirmed species in the genus.
Species confirmed in Microrasbora:
- Microrasbora rubescens Annandale, 1918 – Red Dwarf Rasbora
Unplaced:
- Microrasbora microphthalma Jiang, Chen & Yang, 2008
- Microrasbora cf. rubescens "Thuzari" – Glowlight Rasbora, Flame Red Rasbora; tentatively placed here[4]
Footnotes
- ^ 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 (HTML abstract)
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hellweg, Mike (2008): The Glowlight Rasbora (Microrasbora sp. "thuzari"). Retrieved 2008-JAN-23.
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