Blackline rasbora

Blackline rasbora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Rasbora
Species:	R. borapetensis
Binomial name
Rasbora borapetensis Smith, 1934

The blackline rasbora, Rasbora borapetensis, is an aquarium fish of the family Cyprinidae found in Asia from the Mekong, Chao Phraya and Meklong basins, and also northern Malay Peninsula. It grows to about 4 cm.

It has an incomplete lateral line, reaching at most to the anal fin origin - a dark brown mid-lateral stripe from gill opening to somewhat in front of the caudal fin base, not widening posteriorly and above it a second, pale stripe. There is no black pigment on the fins.

The blackline rasbora occurs in ponds, streams and drains, usually in slow flowing, often somewhat turbid water, from midwater level to the surface in nearly all ponds, ditches, canals and reservoir margins of 2 m depth or less. It prefers temperatures between 22 and 26° C. It feeds on zooplankton, insects, worms and crustaceans.

See also

• List of freshwater aquarium fish species

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rasbora borapetensis". FishBase. June 2006 version.