Boraras

Boraras
Chili rasbora, (Boraras brigittae)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Danionidae
Subfamily:	Rasborinae
Genus:	Boraras Kottelat & Vidthayanon, 1993[1][2]
Type species
Boraras micros Kottelat & Vidthayanon, 1993[2]
Species
6, see text.

Boraras is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Danionidae, the danios or danionins. The fish in this genus are found in Asia.[3]

Species

There are currently six valid species:[4][3]

Image	Species	Common Name
	Boraras brigittae (D. Vogt, 1978)	Chili rasbora, mosquito rasbora
	Boraras maculatus (Duncker, 1904)	Dwarf rasbora, spotted rasbora
	Boraras merah (Kottelat, 1991)	Phoenix rasbora
	Boraras micros Kottelat & Vidthayanon, 1993	Three-spotted dwarf rasbora
	Boraras naevus Conway & Kottelat, 2011[5]	Strawberry rasbora
	Boraras urophthalmoides (Kottelat, 1991)	Least rasbora, exclamation point rasbora

References

1. Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Boraras Kottelat & Vidthayanon, 1993". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Rasvborinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Boraras". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Boraras". FishBase. August 2011 version.
5. KEVIN W. CONWAY; MAURICE KOTTELAT (24 August 2011). "Boraras naevus, a new species of miniature and sexually dichromatic freshwater fish from peninsular Thailand (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae)". Zootaxa. 3002 (1): 45. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3002.1.4. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q97567360.